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Mob Rule Comes for My Yoga Studio
The CorePower I used to love has been ruined by shouted ideology and shunning, just like nearly every public space in my longtime home of Minneapolis…
Ann Bauer
Trump Didn’t Lose in Minnesota
The chaos in Minneapolis created the gravest political crisis of Trump’s second term. On policy, there’s more to the story.
Mene Ukueberuwa
Freedom of the Press Won’t Protect Don Lemon
Obstructing worshippers in church is a crime. But it will be hard to prove Lemon did so, or knew others would.
Jed Rubenfeld
The American People Fact-Checked Their Government
In Minneapolis, video evidence traveled faster than the official storyline, making it harder for powerful figures to rewrite reality without pushback.
Jacob Mchangama
Minneapolis Gun Owners Are Divided over Alex Pretti
Support for the Second Amendment used to fall along predictable party lines. Then border patrol agents shot and killed a man carrying a pistol.
Olivia Reingold and Austyn Jeffs
3M
Fear Is Now Just Part of the Job for Politicians
Many are increasingly worried about a culture that sees them as targets for violence, regardless of their politics.
Tanner Nau
The Numbers Behind the Minneapolis ‘Surge’
Eight weeks, 3,000 immigration agents, and 3,500 arrests. Was it worth it?
Madeleine Rowley
Mike Pence: Minneapolis Is a Warning
Americans deserve to have safe streets, our laws enforced, and our constitutional rights respected. All have been violated in Minneapolis by leaders of…
Mike Pence
‘They Messed with the Wrong City’
Trump says he is ‘de-escalating’ in Minneapolis. But as activists celebrate, others remain on edge.
Olivia Reingold
How Trump Officials’ Rhetoric Backfired in Minnesota
Denunciations of Alex Pretti after he was killed are fueling distrust of Trump’s crackdown, say Republicans and former immigration officials.
Gabe Kaminsky
The Law and the Shooting of Alex Pretti
If the officers who shot him had a reasonable fear that he was armed, it may not matter in court that his gun had already been seized.
Jed Rubenfeld
Kristi Noem’s Reckless Lies
After the killing of Alex Pretti, the Trump administration is taking the American people for fools.
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