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Serving the UMN community since 1900

The Minnesota Daily

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Small farmers have struggled for decades as the power of agribusiness grows.

Opinion: Reckoning with the decline of small family farms

by Jasmine Shackleford
Published December 11, 2024

Farming has always been a core industry in the U.S., yet in recent decades, agricultural careers have only been associated with strife and struggles. Our idea of a common family farmer is frequently said...

The impact of social movements can be difficult to quantify.

Opinion: The #MeToo movement almost 20 years later

by Riley Stern
Published December 9, 2024

Long before social media hashtags, the #MeToo movement was founded in 2006 by activist and youth worker Tarana Burke. Burke was inspired by her work in dealing with child survivors of sexual violence and...

Trump’s isolationist policies are dangerous for us all.

Opinion: NATO and Russia and climate, oh my!

by Wren Warne-Jacobsen
Published December 9, 2024

If you are stressed about looming final papers and exams in the next two weeks and want to put these quaint college problems in perspective, keep reading! President-elect Donald Trump is laying his isolationist...

We can’t shop our way to reclamation.

Opinion: Girlhood can’t be wrapped up in a little bow

by Vivian Wilson
Published December 6, 2024

Why is it that womanhood is so inextricably linked to consumption? Recent trends have shown a general shift toward prolonging girlhood and, in some ways, infantilizing women through relentless insistence...

Ice, snow and leafless trees make the winter season uniquely beautiful.

Opinion: Stop whining about winter

by Leo Huppke
Published December 4, 2024

I trudge down the snow-covered sidewalk on University Avenue, the cold wind cutting like a knife across my face. Icicles are forming on the rims of my glasses. The lenses have fogged up to the point where...

The core ideas of socialism are not as radical as people make them out to be.

Opinion: America is already socialist

by Jasmine Shackleford
Published December 4, 2024

The United States is traditionally considered the antithesis of socialism.For decades, our country has represented free market capitalism at its brightest — starkly contrasting our perceptions of...

Opinion: The wisdom of winter

Opinion: The wisdom of winter

by Riley Stern
Published December 2, 2024

It is officially December, meaning we have unofficially entered our winter months. Between single-digit or subzero temperatures, slim amounts of daylight, and icy sidewalks, it can feel like there is little...

Our impulse to self-categorize is not wrong.

Opinion: We’re looking for ourselves in all the wrong places

by Vivian Wilson
Published December 1, 2024

It’s fun to learn what type of person you are. Personality tests and other pop cultural psychological categorizations like learning styles are marketed as tools meant to unlock a greater understanding...

Trump’s cabinet and staff picks shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Opinion: A cabinet of chaos

by Wren Warne-Jacobsen
Published December 1, 2024

If you were casting the roles of America’s next great reality TV show, President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet and staff picks would guarantee multiple seasons of drama and intrigue. When you consider...

With unpasteurized milk and fluoride-free water prevailing, this turkey-centric season has become truly American.

Satire: I’m thankful for Trump, liberty and justice for all

by Leo Huppke
Published November 27, 2024

It’s Thanksgiving Day, 2026.After nearly two years under the rule of Supreme Leader Donald Trump, the United States of America has risen from the ashes of its former self, free from the tyrannical...

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