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Lori Sturdevant
Guess what? Affordable housing is an election issue
Maybe that's no surprise. But "how to solve" is up for debate.
Kirk Anderson
This is your brain on politics
Why do liberals and conservatives see the world so differently? Neuroscience research suggests the two have slightly different brains. A commentary in cartoon form by Kirk Anderson.
Letters
Readers Write: Minneapolis politics and business concerns, Target Field and tax receipts, state Rep. Tony Cornish on police accountability
An anti-business shift moves my vote.
Editorial
Mayo, Albert Lea take a smart step toward ending dispute over hospital
Facilitated talks offer a chance to end the anger and mistrust.
Editorial
St. Cloud has another chance to affirm diversity
Proposed refugee moratorium deserves an outspoken rebuke.
Editorial
The research is clear: Waiting periods can curb gun deaths
Harvard study shows the benefit of a cooling-off period for some buyers.
Cartoons
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Editorial
Soldiers who lost their lives in Niger should be honored
Instead, Trump has managed to trivialize their deaths.
Letters
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Readers Write: Nicollet Mall, charter schools, tax reform and charitable giving, state employee contracts, St. Cloud and refugee resettlement, Little Blue Libraries
The mall doesn't need PR, it just needs …
Stephen L. Carter Bloomberg View
Really, NFL, this is a protest? Stop killing the players with kindness
A lesson from the civil rights era: If owners punished a few stars, it might move the goalposts.
ROBERT KATZ
How test scores can block black students from the University of Minnesota
Admissions policies continue to hurt African-Americans disproportionately, such as an arbitrary ranking on the ACT.
Editorial
Sleepy teens suffer in the classroom
St. Paul school board should stick with later start times for grades 9-12.
Cass R Sunstein, Bloomberg View
The Marxist tactics of Trumpism
To enflame the divisions within free societies is an old Communist ploy. The Russians (and the Donald) both use it today.
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