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Patrick Sharkey
How crime's decline is transforming U.S. cities
It's not just well-off, gentrified areas. Poorer neighborhoods have been lifted up, too, thanks to policing and nonprofit efforts.
Editorial, Bloomberg View
After Brexit, the E.U. needs London to be a healthy finance hub
It should agree to give financial services firms partial access to the market.
Editorial
Congress should overturn FCC decision on net neutrality
It was poorly thought out and could hurt millions of consumers.
Letters
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Readers Write: Super Bowl preparations, retailers who provide parking, immigration, dieting, messages in the comic strips
Inconveniently, daily life goes on.
Letters
Readers Write: Dieting, end-of-life care, smoking policies at U.S. Bank Stadium, immigration and Trump
You must fight fat, for your health.
Michael R. Strain, Bloomberg View
Trump's Medicaid work requirement is totally reasonable
Obamacare brought a whole new population into the progam. That makes it sensible to allow states more flexibility.
Editorial, Boston Globe
Newspapers vs. Google-Facebook duopoly
Media outlets should be able to band together to negotiate with tech firms.
Editorial
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is needed as defender of the West
Her leadership helps fill U.S. void and counter illiberal drift in Europe.
Ian Klepetar
Here's another way society discriminates: Free parking
We all pay for it when we shop, even if we don't use it. Transportation equality must take shape in the Twin Cities.
John Kass, Chicago Tribune (TNS)
Yes, Trump's the villain on immigration. But not all wrong.
His style is crude, dishonorable. For that, there's a film analogy. But there's a reason he was elected on this issue, and it still applies.
Roger McNamee
How Facebook can protect our society from bad actors
A road map for Mark Zuckerberg, from an early investor.
Marco Rubio and Chris Van Hollen
A bipartisan plan to protect our elections against foreign influence
They're in danger. Congress must defend them. Introducing the Deter Act.
Editorial, Mankato Free Press
Along with climate change, blame development for rising disaster costs
Building in high-risk areas is costing the U.S. billions when storms hit.
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