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John Rash
October 4, 2019
Roy Cohn, left, with a young Donald Trump, is the subject of the documentary “Where’s My Roy Cohn?” MUST CREDIT: Sony Pictures Cl

Rash Report: A film about Roy Cohn, but also about Donald Trump

New documentary 'Where's My Roy Cohn?' shows the notorious attorney's considerable influence on the future U.S. president.
John Rash
September 30, 2019
Anne Frank sitting in front of her schoolbook. She wrote the famous book THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK during her years hidden in an attic during the Jewish

The enduring impact of Anne Frank's diary

Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, Anne's stepsister, will speak at the U's Northrop Auditorium on Oct. 27.
John Rash
September 20, 2019
People walk by an election campaign billboard for the Likud party that shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and US President Donald

Rash Report: Election leaves Israel hanging in the balance (again)

Coalition talks will tackle a political split, but long-term questions await answers.
D.J. Tice
September 20, 2019
The New York Times building in New York.

Press still struggling on Trump 'stress test'

The latest Kavanaugh kerfuffle further demonstrates blurred lines and loosened standards.
Lori Sturdevant
September 13, 2019

Minnesotans, don't be the spoilers in 2020

This state's voters long have supported third parties, but there's too much at risk in 2020.
John Rash
September 13, 2019

Rash Report: 'Official Secrets' and the open issue of the Iraq war

Katharine Gun and Martin Bright discuss a new movie that examines how the run-up to the war ran roughshod over the truth.
John Rash
September 6, 2019
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The flag of the United States of America and the flag of the Republic of China fly together on flag poles next to each other.

Rash Report: 'Cool War,' warming planet are key to geopolitics

Two experts envision Sino-American relations and the climate crisis as profound present and future foreign-policy dynamics.
D.J. Tice
August 30, 2019
Minnesota Supreme Court Justice David Stras spoke with the Star Tribune after he was confirmed to the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Stras auth

Free speech? Or bigotry? Work it out in court

With wedding video case, this state contributes to the process.
Lori Sturdevant
August 23, 2019

Trade-war objections: You won't keep 'em down, on the farms

When a Farmers Union president speaks …
John Rash
August 17, 2019
Protesters surround banners that read: "Those charge to the street on today is brave!," center top, and "Release all the detainees!" during a sit-in r

Rash Report: Dissent seen despite rise of autocratic age

In Hong Kong, Moscow and elsewhere, a citizen-led counternarrative, though not yet a counterrevolution, to repressive regimes.
D.J. Tice
August 16, 2019
Attorney General Eric Holder spoke at the U.S. Justice Department in 2015 to discuss the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., in 2014. Ha

'Murder,' they tweeted, falsely, seeking office

The Democrats find grist in the Ferguson story, but not the whole story.
D.J. Tice
August 9, 2019
** FILE ** Then first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, holding a copy of the Clinton health-care plan, kicks off a three-state sales campaign during a vis

D.J. Tice: Beware the side effects of health care policy

History and a new study show the trade-offs, but politicos can't resist the allure of big promises.
John Rash
August 2, 2019
In a two-photo combination, candidates take the stage before the start of the Democratic presidential debates hosted by CNN at the Fox Theatre in Detr

Rash Report: Debates focused on the wrong kind of conflict

CNN should have focused more on foreign policy and had candidates answer more profound questions about war and diplomacy.
D.J. Tice
August 2, 2019
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., listens to former Vice President Joe Biden during the second of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN We

Crime laws didn't form in a vacuum — as I can attest

Now-detested policies were a response, people seem to forget.
John Rash
July 19, 2019
A photo provided by NASA shows Earth as seen from the Apollo 11 lunar mission in July 1969. Could a Òmoon shotÓ for climate change cool a wa

Rash Report: Moonshot showed America at its best

Political and social strife was omnipresent 50 years ago, too, but the country did not let it eclipse its mission and achievement.
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