Yelena Sannikova has been writing letters to political prisoners since she was a Soviet teenager in the 1970s. Almost half a century later, with the Russian state's long, harsh clampdown on dissent ...

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Ramsey County officials announced their 2024-25 budget and did so using carefully selecting wording to soften the blow. “We’re raising your property taxes by over 6%” doesn’t sound as good as: “an ...

Having first reached out to my state representatives four years ago on the issue of convicted criminals being paroled, in some cases multiple times, only to be released to commit violent acts again, I ...

Here we are, reading about yet another “star witness” for the Republicans’ “weaponization of government” project that didn’t pan out. Maybe it’s time to admit that, as more and more pundits have been ...

Much to the chagrin of old-line Republicans as well as independents, liberals and progressives, the MAGA and Trumpism leaders have gone on stage, on TV and even given sworn testimony that it is OK to ...