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EpiPen price hikes shouldn't be a surprise in U.S. health care system
This is what happens when profits are protected in name of innovation.
Heidi Seltz
Counterpoint: Tips for women's safety? Try these instead
Given the many news threads about sexual assault, of which the recent attacks on female joggers are only the latest, a list that's been circulated online says it better.
Greg Davids and Paul Torkelson
Counterpoint: Dayton chooses light rail over some pretty good legislation
Good leaders would direct their attention to where they can help, not to where they'll meet head-on with unaddressed costs and litigation.
James Stavridis, Foreign Policy
We need to be ready for 21st-century biology
We can see the challenges of responding to superbugs like Ebola and Zika. Now imagine them turned into weapons.
Editorial
Choose State Capitol art that unifies Minnesotans
It's time to boot two offensive paintings out of governor's reception room.
Michael Printy Arthur
Progressives should give Trump a fair look on trade, immigration
Especially if they want to do right for Mexico's least fortunate.
Ruth Wood
Your brain on steroids: A bigger problem than we know
A typical user is not necessarily an Olympian, and consequences abound.
Dean Burnett
Your brain on drugs, revisited and revised
The fried-egg metaphor was always simplistic. Effects vary from drug to drug and user to user. Our efforts to treat and prevent must acknowledge that complexity.
Editorial
New Indian school in Leech Lake is a lesson in leadership
Students from Leech Lake helped lobby Congress for funds.
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A.J. Delgado
Why Latinos should vote for Trump
Immigration isn't our main concern; jobs are, and on that count, he's our man. That's not all.
Editorial
Another Trump conspiracy: voter fraud
Despite lack of evidence, he questions election legitimacy.
Shawntera Hardy
Counterpoint: State is on task regarding new workforce rules for the disabled
This is an urgent but huge transformation. The Department of Employment and Economic Development is prepared.
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