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Hennepin County deserves child protection help
Pilot project could bend an alarming curve and should be funded.
Myron Orfield and Will Stancil
Counterpoint: Gentrification isn't the rental problem; poverty is
Sharply falling incomes for blacks and Latinos, not rising rents, drive a housing affordability crisis in Minneapolis.
Editorial
Sharon Pierce and Rassoul Dastmozd
St. Thomas plan is laudable, but don't overlook Minnesota State's two-year colleges
In serving low-income students, colleges match up more than favorably with St. Thomas plan.
Doug Shidell
Plymouth saw the light; other cities should, too
A code that aims to minimize glare and obtrusive light offers the side benefits of reduced energy use and a lower carbon footprint.
Jacob Woods
Places in the Twin Cities where worlds sit side by side: The library. Light rail.
I went to St. Paul's Central Library to read — a shortsighted view of the building's purpose. A homeless person showed me the light.
Chris Cillizza, The Washington Post
Obama's singular success blinds Democrats to their party's long-term decline
It's less Trump than races for Congress, governorships, legislatures that reveal the truth — and it's painful for liberals.
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View
Arguments that Electoral College should break for Clinton are unconvincing
A willingness to break basic constitutional structures or even unwritten standard procedure is worrisome in this environment.
Susan Schaefer
Places in Twin Cities where worlds sit side by side: U, Cedar-Riverside
It's in plain sight, but you may not consider the proximity of a university and an immigrant community, or their similar goals.
Letters
Readers Write (Nov. 30): Islam in Minnesota, Minneapolis rental housing, higher-ed funding, election's lessons, Standing Rock
For Muslims in Minnesota, are the barriers within?
Editorial
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North's Prep Bowl title is a win for Minneapolis
It's also a reminder of the positive link between sports and academics.
Editorial
Keep the spotlight on industry payments to doctors
Congress should back off provision to weaken the Physician Payment Sunshine Act.
Cartoons
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
How the U.S. could kill the corporate tax
It's unfinished business and could be brought, beneficially, to its logical conclusion. I mean, if you're going to "drain the swamp" …
Editorial
Trump's attacks on the news media send a chilling signal worldwide
Democracy can't function anywhere without fair news coverage.
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