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Learning queer history has been essential to feeling pride in my sexuality.
Opinion: How to be gay
by Leo Huppke
Published December 11, 2024

It was 2017 and I was standing in the sweltering summer heat on Halsted Street, watching the Chicago Pride Parade. I looked out at the Dykes...

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....

Editorial Cartoon: Peace in Gaza
Editorial Cartoon: Peace in Gaza
by Sam Fleming
Published April 19, 2024
The Opinions Desk gives unqualified advice.
Relationship advice in 10 words or less
by Opinions Desk
Published October 16, 2024

You asked, we answered. After in-depth deliberation, our opinions desk is here to present you with life-altering dating advice. Please take our...

Campus Caucus: Is Course Works a scam?
Campus Caucus: Is Course Works a scam?
by Riley Stern
Published September 19, 2024

Editor's note: The use of the word "scam" in this column is meant hyperbolically. We are not implying that the University is engaged in large-scale...

Op-Ed: Why is the Minnesota Daily promoting Crisis Pregnancy Centers?
Op-Ed: Why is the Minnesota Daily promoting Crisis Pregnancy Centers?
by Ann Ewolt
Published November 26, 2024

Why is the Minnesota Daily promoting Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs)? These deceptive businesses collect taxpayer money while purposely misleading...

Op-Ed: The administration mishandled the SDS occupation of Morrill Hall
Op-Ed: The administration mishandled the SDS occupation of Morrill Hall
by Nathaniel Mills, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Aamina Ahmad, Cawo Abdi, Tony C. Brown, Vinay Gidwani, Muna Irfan, Rachmi Larasati, Yuichiro Onishi, Sima Shakhsari, Ajay Skaria, Travis Workman and Liliana Zaragoza
Published November 25, 2024

Last spring, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and other groups of the UMN Divest Coalition secured former University of Minnesota President...

Thanksgiving favorites yielded some controversial responses.
Campus Caucus: The best and worst Thanksgiving foods
by Riley Stern
Published November 25, 2024

Believe it or not, we all survived to the last week of November. Give yourself a pat on the back for that. In a month that featured both...

Many people say Airbnb is the future of hospitality, but are they actually better than hotels?
Columnist Clash: Hotels or Airbnbs?
by Jasmine Shackleford and Leo Huppke
Published November 3, 2024

Our columnists are here to prove what is the best form of travel lodging — classic hotels or modern Airbnbs?Leo’s Take:From a tiny...

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...

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,...

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,...

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