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Don Samuels
Years of identity bias on gun policy. But maybe now …
If this is what it takes to make change — victims who are more "sympathetic" and who can capture attention — then carpe diem.
Letters
Editorial
The Russian threat isn't going away despite indictments
Trump is failing to defend the country's democratic foundation.
Andrew Haile
The term 'chain migration' is dehumanizing and wrong
As for the claim that it allows "single immigrant" to bring in "virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives": Directly and disastrously false.
Opinion
Editorial, Rochester Post-Bulletin
Porch piracy? Blimey! Shop local to scuttle it, Me Hearties!
Here are some ways to outwit those thieves at your doorstep
Kate Knuth
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What I did and what I learned as Minneapolis' chief resilience officer
The city must prepare in order to thrive. Here are steps to get things started.
Letters
Steve Watson
What a boycott and sanctions can do: The economics of gay rights and gun rights
Money talks. Consumers could withhold discretionary spending in the service of their goal to change gun laws. Start the pressure in Florida, and it could spread nationwide. It's worked before.
Steve Chapman
A cure for mass shootings doesn't exist
Outrage is justified, but a remedy has to make a difference — and in our system of government, that must be the consensus view.
Editorial
President, lawmakers should listen to Florida youths who are pushing for reasonable gun control rules
Heed the pleas of school shooting survivors.
Letters
Readers Write: Tim Pawlenty's governor-again potential, developments regarding Garrison Keillor allegations, toll roads, dogs everywhere
No, we had enough the first time.
D.J. Tice
'Mockingbird,' 'Huck Finn': At least keep these two books as part of your personal curriculum
They're about much more than race.
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