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Add cheerleader mistreatment to the list of NFL embarrassments
They face long hours, low pay and sexual harassment from fans.
Myron Frans and Charles Zelle
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Counterpoint: Transportation funding amendment is a gimmick
Using the state Constitution to tie legislators' hands would be a mistake for several reasons.
Kim Crockett
Why are we in such a hurry for our little kids to grow up?
Legislators should stand up to Gov. Dayton's push for universal pre-K, aka "free child care," which is wasteful and misguided.
Editorial, Charlotte Observer
Democrats should let the Trump administration handle North Korea
Unlike the GOP, which interfered with Obama's Iran negotiations.
PATSY GREEN and KEVIN DONOVAN
Counterpoint: School start times are not one-size-fits-all
A proposal for a statewide mandate would create a domino effect of logistical and financial woes. Leave this issue to local control.
Peter Hutchinson
Minneapolis schools must go big or go home
We should invest $100 million to "buy" the change students, teachers and families need.
Editorial, Newsday
Federal decriminalization is key to sustaining marijuana's momentum
Schumer's bill would take that step and leave legalization up to the states.
Gregg Larson
Young people in the obits: When silence isn't golden
Family members aren't obligated to share a cause of death. But society could better tackle problems like suicide and addiction if they did.
Amy Kramer Brenengen
A woman's place is … just in the Variety section?
That's where an article about gender bias and leadership appeared, instead of in the Business section, as if to confirm the gap. It's just one example. We must take action.
Maggie Hennefeld
Michelle Wolf's stellar feminist killjoy roast at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
Her purpose wasn't to make the audience laugh but to speak truth to power. Smashing success.
Carl Brookins
Building names, monuments and legacies: Let's add, not subtract
The problem isn't which complicated heroes are recognized, but which ones aren't.
Scott Duke Kominers
How much would you pay for privacy on Facebook?
Twenty dollars? Eighty? Five hundred? Because that's what it would take, and this is why it won't happen.
Lori Sturdevant
Minnesota's Eighth is a much-changed congressional district
It embodies many political and social trends and worries. A look at some numbers:
D.J. Tice
Two courts tell government: You've got a job; now do it
Assessing rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court and the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
Editorial
Consumer Finance Protection Bureau director Mick Mulvaney: A man on a mad mission
On whose behalf does he labor? Allow him to explain.
Editorial
Bill Cosby case could be a watershed moment for victims of sexual misconduct
Andrea Constand was able to tell her story and persuade a jury.
John Snook
Severe mental illness, untreated; tragic consequences
A man is charged with killing two people, months after being released from our care system. We can do better, and must.
Pete Stauber
Ending the opioid-related death notices demands a united front
This scourge is blind to race, gender, region and class. Fighting it takes an all-out effort by us all.
John Rash
Rash Report: Press freedom — and democracy — imperiled worldwide
2018 World Press Freedom Index warns of press repression amid rising authoritarianism.
MICHAEL NESSET
Stranger danger beware
Fear itself is fraying our social fabric and undermining the well-being of children.
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