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Bradley Johnson
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Counterpoint: Blaming falling math scores on education philosophy doesn't add up
There are many factors that go into test scores, including home life and test reliability.
Noah Feldman
It's time for the impeachment process to be transparent
Certain secrecies at the start of the inquiry were needed. But now it's important for the public to know.
Cartoons
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Special Project: Separate and Unequal
This four-part series was published on consecutive Sundays in 2014, was reported and written by editorial writer Jill Burcum, with input from the Star Tribune Editorial Board. News photographer David Joles, who traveled with Burcum to northern Minnesota and South Dakota, shot the photos.
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Pete Gamades
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Minneapolis needs to negotiate a better contract for cops
MPLS for a Better Police Contract, a coalition of local grassroots organizations, has some suggestions.
Michael Friedman
Editorial counterpoint: More kids in detention? A worse idea is hard to imagine
Research has determined that the deeper a young person gets into the juvenile justice system, the greater the risk of criminality.
Editorial
Good news on the eventual fate of Warner Nature Center
McNeely family says closing is needed to chart a new course and improve the 900-acre gem.
Letters
Readers Write: Sexual assault on campus, President Trump, St. Paul trash, Medicare for All, electric scooters
Some context is needed regarding sexual assaults on campus.
Cartoons
Eric Franklin Amarante
Your dollars are subsidizing white supremacy through tax exemptions
Why? Because the IRS does not have the resources to review charitable status applications or regulate the activities of charities.
Michael R. Strain, Bloomberg News (TNS)
Beto O'Rourke's bad idea to punish conservative churches by taking away tax exemptions
Here's a reminder of how such exemptions help and why they should be extended.
Cartoons
Editorial, Wall Street Journal
Trump's China truce doesn't qualify as 'tremendous'
Deal doesn't shift China's relationship with the world, but it's a start.
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