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Readers Write (April 26): Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges' revelation about abuse, buffer strips, Edina and the smoking age, renaming Lake Calhoun
A helpful action by the mayor, who revealed being abused.
Editorial
Medical providers need to take leadership role in U.S. health reform debate
They need to be loud and strong on plan to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Opinion
The state of marijuana affairs, 2017
Protest takes place in the right place and right time — to get arrested.
Opinion
In Arkansas, is this capital punishment's last gasp?
That state's ongoing flurry of executions is the exception, not the rule. As a deterrent, it simply doesn't work. Ditto the costs.
Editorial, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel
Support those officials charged with enforcing immigration laws
If critics want the policy changes, they should talk to members of Congress.
Opinion
Workplace rules: In this era, jobs and businesses are regional
Pay and other labor standards must be, too — not a hodgepodge of municipal measures. Gov. Dayton, we need you to do right thing.
Editorial
Macron gives France a sensible alternative
Le Pen threatens a unified Europe while offering extremist approach.
Letters
Readers Write (April 25): Renaming Lake Calhoun, Edina and the smoking age, the March for Science, diet soda, Trump's start
Renaming Lake Calhoun is a poor substitute for justice.
Opinion
Sending your kid to college: Why, you ask, should you pay for liberal arts?
Because they provide the tools necessary to prepare for life.
Editorial, Raleigh News & Observer
Trump administration's secrecy with visitor logs smacks of arrogance
Policy is drawing bipartisan criticism and more questions than answers.
Cartoons
Jill Thomas
John Rash
Rash Report: A march for science — and society
The United States could use a new "Sputnik moment" that rallies around scientists and other learned experts.
Evan Rausch
Prince didn't need to die; an opioid antidote was available in naloxone
Those at risk of overdose should be given training and access to this remedy, which is a simple nose spray.
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