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Mary Schiesel Middlecamp
To explain harassment, look no further than a culture permeated with porn
How did we get here? Studies show viewers become desensitized, causing women to be seen as objects.
Letters
Readers Write: Tax reform, the Franken situation, Stras nomination
A framework for thinking about the Republican plan.
U.S. must act on humanitarian crisis in Yemen
The Trump administration must compel Saudi Arabia to lift its genocidal siege
Letters
Readers Write: Sexual misconduct and forgiveness, calls for Sen. Al Franken's resignation
The weekend's theme: Forgiveness.
John Kass
Even the Democratic-Media Complex can't save Franken
He's messing up the progressive plan to politicize sexual misconduct.
Jean Boler
When it comes to sexual harassment, the doors to the courthouse are shut
The bar has been set exceedingly high for workplace complaints.
Allison Yarrow
The Al Franken decades at 'SNL': sexist jokes, frat-boy bluster
While the show has made diversity strides, women were routinely reduced to objects — for laughs. Who finds that funny?
Editorial
Keep the ban on importing African elephant parts
Well-managed trophy hunting could help, but not right now.
Editorial
Seek balance on polling place speech
Preserving free speech while protecting voters is a balance that deserves careful consideration.
Michael Nesset
Why North? We have our reasons.
Why do we live in a place like this, really? Because amid the barren, there's beauty; amid the dormancy, the dream of life.
Editorial
Events in Zimbabwe raise faint hopes
Mugabe really took his country down.
Letters
Readers Write: Abuse of the elderly, changing a lake's name, relocating the homeless during the Super Bowl
Allegations detailed in special report are a vulnerable adult's nightmare.
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