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Editorial
June 25, 2017
North High School Principal Dr. Shawn Harris-Berry, left, gave new Minneapolis Superintendent Ed Graff a tour of the school during the first day of sc

Improvements at North High lay foundation for even more academic advancement

Improved school climate, outcomes at Minneapolis inner city school.
Editorial, Orange County Register
June 24, 2017

Take the status quo out of U.S. air traffic control

Federally chartered nonprofit, funded by fees, would do a better job.
Nekima Levy-Pounds
June 24, 2017

Nekima Levy-Pounds: Preventing further injustices after the Yanez verdict

Minnesota can be a national leader. Here are six steps we must take to move forward together.
Cartoons
June 23, 2017
Sack cartoon: Trumpcare

Sack cartoon: Trumpcare

Editorial
June 23, 2017

Court should settle Minnesota Legislature's pay issue

Refusing a council-ordered salary hike is constitutionally dubious.
Ron J. Feldman and Mark L.J. Wright
June 23, 2017
Here are two shots of the Mpls Fed clocktower with the purple illumination in honor of Prince.My boss, David Wargin told Evan we'd send these over. Cr

New effort will take aim at growth and opportunity gaps; here's how

The Mpls. Fed-led effort will draw on top research and community engagement.
Letters
June 23, 2017
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Readers Write: $15 minimum wage, early learning programs, Falcon Heights activism, World's Fair, air travel

How about really local control?
Mel Dickstein
June 23, 2017
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We are all one family: Poignancy in the story of a boy, his mother and a judge

A boy's story is a reminder of the frailty of life and the preciousness of our children.
Roger Barr
June 23, 2017
A Japan Coast Guard ship, foreground, navigates the damaged USS Fitzgerald near the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, after the U.S. de

USS Fitzgerald incident recalls another disaster at sea

A terrible typhoon struck the USS Pittsburgh and the rest of the 5th Fleet 72 years ago. Then, as now, the crew showed extraordinary seamanship.
Judith Koll Healey
June 23, 2017

'White privilege': My generation can be trained

I'd never liked the term, but a discussion with my granddaughter gave me an opportunity to rethink.
Cartoons
June 23, 2017
Sack cartoon: Guns

Sack cartoon: Guns

Bonnie Blodgett
June 23, 2017
Illustration by Stephanie Kubo for the Star Tribune

Conventionally farmed land is literally dirt poor. A Vermont couple has set out to change that.

Small tweaks like Gov. Mark Dayton's buffer zones won't make this system sustainable. Small tweaks in our economic model can make a difference, however.
Editorial
June 23, 2017
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A Medicaid umbrella.

Neighboring senators, Medicaid's fate is on you

Small-town providers, patients would bear brunt of GOP's cuts.
Letters
June 23, 2017
Anti-Vietnam War demonstrators protest in front of Century Plaza Hotel where Secretary of State Dean Rusk was speaking before the World Affairs Counci

Readers Write: 'Our half-century of derangement,' 'Trump country,' Wall Street, health care

A rewriting of history.
Lori Sturdevant
June 23, 2017

Can feminism's goals once again be bipartisan?

For women, the economic mission is yet to be accomplished.

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