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Opinion

Managing invasive species

Letters

To the editor: National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) is February 24-28. NISAW is a nationwide event to raise awareness about invasive species, the threat that they pose, and what people can do to prevent their spread. An invasive species is a plant or animal that is not native to ...

A Bad Bunny with a good message

Columns

I like Bad Bunny. There, I said it. I lost a few readers there. I don’t speak Spanish. My daughter Abby does. (Shout out to Abby’s high school Spanish teacher, Gail Bromenschenkel. You done good!) Abby has lived in Spain, Guatemala, and Colombia. Many of her friends are Spanish ...

What is happening to our democracy?

Letters

To the editor: According to a recent Politico article, the state of “Minnesota is the eye of the Trump storm.” This is nothing new, as he has been targeting Minnesota since the 2000 election in which he continues to make false allegations of election fraud and non-citizen voting. Trump ...

Healthy love starts young

Columns

February is recognized nationally as Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about the realities of unhealthy and abusive relationships among young people. Led by organizations such as love is respect and supported by initiatives from the National Domestic ...

Rebuttal to ‘Catholic call to conscience on immigration’

Letters

To the editor: As local Catholics, we submit this response to the Jan. 21 editorial entitled a “Catholic call to conscience on immigration.” Word count limitations on letter to the editor submissions prevent us from addressing all of the assertions alleged in the Jan. 21 editorial. ...

Worst of the worst

Letters

To the editor: I have heard a justification for ICE rounding up thousands of Latinos, Somalis, and other ethnic minorities. Proponents of ICE have labeled these dark-skinned people as the “worst of the worst,” and Americans should be happy with their disappearance, even if we suffer some ...