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Lori Sturdevant
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Party convention season: Voters just can't help falling in love with a familiar face
It wasn't always this way. But now we've had Reagan, Ventura, Franken, Page, Grams …
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
Why terrorists keep succeeding in France
For starters, cooperation between the police and security services is inadequate, and then there is the nation's colonial past.
John Rash
Rash Report: Voters' interest intense in presidential race
Electorate is riveted but disappointed as consecutive conventions kick off in Cleveland and then Philadelphia.
Anne Balay and Mona Shattell
How freeway protests alienate truckers
We are allies to the Black Lives Matter cause, but know that for some, stopped traffic is more than an inconvenience.
The Economist
Party convention season: It's a dark morning in America
A solid outlook but a sour mood, and a candidate with the potential to change the former.
Stephen B. Young
Party convention season: The realignment of the working class
Revolts are against a "new" ruling class created by postindustrial economic facts.
Stephen Carter, Bloomberg View
We need Thurgood Marshall's wisdom these days
He was able to see humanity even across a bitter divide.
Francis Wilkinson, Bloomberg View
This is the beginning of the end of the NRA
Demographics, body counts and the group's own extremism all suggest that the top has been made.
Editorial, Bloomberg View
Myron Orfield and Will Stancil
The problem of racial segregation: Long identified, long deflected
After initial movement toward integration from 1968 to 1985, Twin Cities have fallen back into the pattern.
Larry Kennedy
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Counterpoint: St. Croix River bridge wasn't 'hawked'
The project resulted from the input of 28 stakeholders representing a wide range of interests over several years.
Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg View
Mike Pence looks like Donald Trump's ideal veep
This would be a choice that could have come from any of the GOP presidential candidates.
David M. Frankel
What's happening to Obamacare?
That once-predicted "death spiral" is on the horizon, partly because of unpragmatic motives in Congress. Fixes are urgent.
Editorial
Ginsburg vs. Trump
The Supreme Court justice went way too far in taking a stand on election.
Richard Greelis
Race and the police: We can't avoid talking about behavior
The black gangster image is iconic; everyone feels trepidation when encountering it. For police, stakes are high and experiences add up.
Keith Ellison
Rep. Keith Ellison on race relations: Thank goodness for the governor's candor
Mark Dayton went off-script to speak an uncomfortable truth, and that's powerful. And I couldn't have been prouder of him.
Jim Mitchell, Dallas Morning News (TNS)
We need more than conversations about race
They generally amount to preaching to the choir. The better focus is on laws protect all Americans from violations of their civil liberties.
Bob von Sternberg
Unraveling: History's chaos, horror and madness are rhyming
Although the specifics of today's events are different, the turmoil of half a century ago resounds. Now, as then, a key aspect is humility.
Editorial, St. Cloud Times
Thank, and heed, those who warn us when severe storms strike
Monday night's storms in Central Minnesota were another reminder.
Omar Alansari-Kreger
Race relations and protest: Do something of impact with your white privilege
What happens once the Black Lives Matter protests are over and you go back to the gentrified places where you live?
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