Colton Baldus

LATEST ARTICLES BY Colton Baldus

• U.S.

  

  Shuttered private prison in Minnesota to re-open as ICE detention center

  September 22, 2026 By Will Reely, Colton Baldus, Anna Saunders And Brett Anderson

  CoreCivic sold its closed prison to the federal government; now the company is being contracted to operate it as an ICE facility.

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• Politics

  

  Debunked far-right claims in Minnesota lead to anti-Somali hate, childcare freeze

  January 7, 2026 By Colton Baldus

  They’re all part of an effort to push Trump’s deportation agenda, defund programs that working people rely on, and flip Minnesota in the 2026 midterms.

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• Politics

  

  Minneapolis Mamdani? Socialist Omar Fateh beats Democratic incumbent for mayoral endorsement

  July 23, 2025 By Ethan Buhrow And Colton Baldus

  The affordability candidate prevails at Democratic-Farmer-Labor convention, overcoming the desperate, anti-democratic maneuvers of the incumbent mayor and his supporters.

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