Editor's note: Last year, the Minnesota Urban Debate League and Star Tribune Opinion put out a contest call to students between the ages 10 and 18: The task was to create an original written essay, video or audio file that described one or two specific changes our community, state or nation should make to reduce racial inequities and injustices in the criminal justice system. The following is one of the finalists. Click here for more information and a full list of winners.
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Policing reforms are urgently needed
Too many lives are being lost in confrontations with cops in Minnesota and nationwide.
Opinion Exchange
Biden is making the right call on Afghanistan
For many reasons, it's time our 20-year involvement comes to a close.
Steve Sack
Tiffany Johnson

The white family at Lake Minnetonka and words unspoken
We can't know someone else's truth if we don't speak.
Bruce Peterson

Counterpoint: Beware the dangers of bare-knuckled majority rule
We are a country of diverse citizens with little to keep us united.