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Letters
August 16, 2017
President Donald Trump, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, speaks to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 1

Readers Write: President Trump and Charlottesville, editorial cartoons, Hiawatha Golf Club

Enough is enough. It's time to speak out.
Editorial
August 16, 2017
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3M CEO takes moral high ground while Trump equivocates

The nation needed the president to clearly rebuke white supremacists.
Opinion
August 16, 2017
Editorial cartoon: Mike Lester on monuments

Editorial cartoon: Mike Lester on monuments

Editorial, ROCHESTER POST-BULLETIN
August 16, 2017

Mayo studies its own opioid habits

With admirable transparency, the clinic considers new guidelines.
Opinion
August 16, 2017
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Editorial cartoon: Dana Summers on the media

Editorial
August 15, 2017

Trump administration fails transparency test on advisory groups

The public deserves more information on possible conflicts of interest.
Chris Johnson
August 15, 2017
FILE -- Far right demonstrators during the "Unite the Right" event in Charlottesville, Va., Aug. 12, 2017. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Mond

Southern culture is spring from which racism erupts

More dark days are ahead unless our leadership embraces true inclusiveness.
Gary Abernathy
August 15, 2017

Is an honest talk about race even possible these days?

The attacks on Trump for his remarks have reached new heights of frenzy.
Letters
August 15, 2017
The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee still stands in Lee park in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. The removal of the statue is

Readers Write: Charlottesville and revisionist history, peaceful protests, Google and gender bias, Iran

It's time to own up to our past.
Editorial
August 15, 2017
Cars driving on E. Minnehaha Parkway along Lake Nokomis tried to dodge potholes.

State help is needed to repair and maintain Minnesota city streets

Tired of waiting for LGA boost, Duluth considers a sales tax boost.
Brett Webb
August 15, 2017

Editorial counterpoint: Minnesota's biodiesel mandate goes too far

The fuel is very capable, but it has limitations due to temperature, infrastructure and price concerns. Further reforms are needed.
Opinion
August 14, 2017

There is plenty of blame to go around — for everybody

Neeraj Mehta
August 14, 2017
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One person's 'mainstream' is another's oppressive status quo

Minneapolis' problem isn't a small group of leftists with outsized influence; it's a stratified social order that leads to injustice.
Letters
August 14, 2017
FILE ó A memorial for Heather Heyer at the scene where she was killed when a man drove into a crowd during a protest against a rally of white nat

Readers Write: Charlottesville tragedy, Iran and Reagan

We can't look the other way.
Editorial
August 14, 2017
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Effective policing helps keep schools safer in Minneapolis and St. Paul

School resources officers have won the support of those who matter most.

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