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July 27, 2018
Women from the left Sarah Ortega, Florkime Payne, Melody Walton, Andrea Gram and Brooke Morath. ] RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER • renee.jones@startribu

Readers Write: 'When rape is reported and nothing happens,' urban density

In pursuit of justice.
Letters
July 27, 2018
Blacklegged ticks have three life stages: larva (bottom), nymph (left), and adult.

Readers Write: Lyme disease, rape and impunity (extending to child marriage), 'density is destiny'

One source harboring deer ticks: the barberry shrub.
Letters
July 27, 2018
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Readers Write: CEO pay, rape prosecutions, antibiotics research, Southwest LRT, the evolution of properties, downtown Minneapolis demolition

Yes, we have no better bananas.
Letters
July 25, 2018
A woman sprays water outside her house that was damaged in the wildfires near the village of Neos Voutzas near Athens, Tuesday, July 24, 2018. Greece

Readers Write: Natural disasters, President Donald Trump and tariffs and subsidies and attacks on the media, CEO pay, things the Star Tribune is doing right

Poverty adds to tragedy; we can help.
Letters
July 24, 2018
iStock 5 dollar bill, 10 dollar bill.

Readers Write: Minimum wage, Jacob Wetterling case, Rick Nolan, ranked-choice voting, Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan

Beware selective statistics.
Letters
July 23, 2018
iStockphoto.com Entrance to the campus of the University of Minnesota

Readers Write: University of Minnesota pronoun policy, breast-feeding, Minneapolis 2040, U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis, candidate debates

A good plan, with one exception.
Letters
July 20, 2018
Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced Lt. Governor Michelle Fischbach as running mate as he runs for a third term. ] GLEN STUBBE ï glen.stubbe@start

Readers Write: The 2018 campaigns of Tim Pawlenty, Keith Ellison; Russian interference, vaccinations

Two political veterans show how not to do it.
Letters
July 20, 2018
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Readers Write: Gender expression and U pronoun policy proposal, promises from politicians, poverty, morality, Travel section imagery

Article on U pronoun policy proposal: Overstated? Sensational? Revealing?
Letters
July 20, 2018
iStock Male Warehouse Employee Doing Inventory Check In Warehouse.

Readers Write: Recycling, St. Paul's workforce, nonprofit sector, ruling on sex-offender, University of Minnesota athletics, choral music

Improve, reduce the packaging.
Letters
July 19, 2018
City of Minneapolis Department of Community Planning and Economic Development The update to the Cityís Comprehensive Plan will outline citywide p

Readers Write: Minneapolis 2040 comprehensive plan, U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis

Opposition is not about privilege.
Letters
July 18, 2018
FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 file photo, a pediatrician holds a dose of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine at his practice in Northridg

Readers Write: Vaccination, trampoline safety, family leave, University of Minnesota athletics, U.S. intelligence, emoluments clause

Praise, disdain for editorial.
Letters
July 17, 2018
A man walks past the building of the Russian military intelligence service in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 14, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump on

Readers Write: President Donald Trump and Russian election interference

Yes, Trump could act.
Letters
July 16, 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palac

Readers Write: Trump-Putin summit, U President Eric Kaler, U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis and health care, summer ethanol blend, songbirds

Looks like, sounds like …
Letters
July 16, 2018
iStock The American Goldfinch is a small bird featuring a yellow body with predominantly black wings.

Readers Write: Silence of songbirds, role of insects in the ecosystem, racial bias in media coverage, Bell Museum's designer, Star Tribune writing flaws

Where have the songbirds gone?
Letters
July 13, 2018
Emanuel Leutzeís famous painting of Washington crossing the Delaware, which is on display at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum.

Readers Write: The U.S. role in the world, Minnesota Lottery and online app, U.S. Supreme Court nomination, bus service, U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis on health care, child's joy in fishing photo

Where once we inspired.
Letters
July 13, 2018
Pastor Sarah Taylor leads Sunday service at LaSalle Lutheran Church. ] LEILA NAVIDI ï leila.navidi@startribune.com BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Sunday

Readers Write: 'The unchurching of America'

Don't believe churches are in decline; see the bigger picture.
Letters
July 12, 2018
Retired Army Lt. Colonel Dave Grossman speaks at Mariners Church in Huntington Beach, Calif. on May 14, 2018. He was a guest speaker during The Califo

Readers Write: 'Fear-based' police training, Trump at NATO summit, student debt, Minneapolis 2040 plan

"Fear-based" police training must end.
Letters
July 11, 2018
Trapped young footballers are seen in the cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand on July 4, 2018. The missing 13 members of a youth soccer team, including their

Readers Write: Thai cave rescue, NATO funding, Supreme Court nomination, breast-feeding vs. formula, Met Council (via Metro Transit) and bus service

Why the Thai cave story captivated me.
Letters
July 11, 2018
Vice President Mike Pence and Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee, arrive at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 10, 2018. (Lawrence Jac

Readers Write: U.S. Supreme Court nomination, breast-feeding vs. formula, guns and dementia, Herbert Marcuse

Allow no Trump appointment without a promise of recusal.
Letters
July 9, 2018
Federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland shakes hands with President Barack Obama as he is introduced as Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court duri

Readers Write: U.S. Supreme Court nomination, breast-feeding policies, attendance of Minneapolis City Council members, bus rapid transit priorities, remembering Ed Schultz, defining truth

Editorial Board was way off-base in arguing for confirmation hearings.
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