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Editorial, The Sun-Sentinel
November 15, 2019

Bloomberg despises the candidate he might help the most — Trump

His moderate ideas are welcome, but his candidacy would be a gamble.
Susan Kent and Tony Jurgens
November 15, 2019
A black school lunch tray including tossed salad, chicken nuggets, roll, peaches, mashed potatoes and gravy with milk on a white background

School lunch shouldn't come with a side of shame

Legislators propose a law to keep lunch debts private and not penalize students.
Carol Becker
November 15, 2019
Senator Julie Rosen led a hearing over the leadership atthe Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) for its mismanagement of financial contracts,

Time to break up state DHS to better meet missions

A view from the inside shows it's hard to get concerns up to managers to solve.
Mike Freeman
November 15, 2019
A man was shot and killed as he rushed to protect his 17-year-old niece who was being sexually assaulted in the bedroom of their home in the Burnside

Reform coming in how we handle potentially deadly police encounters

Leaders are working on how to protect the public and police in confrontations.
November 15, 2019

Congress should raise age to buy vapor, tobacco products to 21

Lawmakers would be following the lead of at least 18 states.
Lori Sturdevant
November 15, 2019

After nearly a century, has time arrived for ERA?

Every half-century or so, the quest to protect women's rights inches ahead.
Elizabeth Wellington
November 15, 2019
There are roughly 65 million Gen Xers who aren't getting caught up in the "OK, Boomer" feud that is taking over pop culture, started earlier this fall

Some perspective found between boomers and millennials

Sandwiched between those we raised and those we're raising, we Gen Xers can help you understand what you're missing.
John Rash
November 15, 2019
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'The Report' and the U.S. 'accountability crisis'

New film from Minnesota native Scott Z. Burns about releasing the Senate torture report resonates amid impeachment proceedings.
Wes Kooistra
November 15, 2019
Commuters wait for a light rail train at the Nicollet Mall station in downtown Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, in Minneapolis, MN.] DAVID JOLES • david

Sustainable funding needed to keep Metro Transit on track

The agency is shifting funds to meet immediate needs, but looks to Legislature to provide sustainable revenue.
Jennifer Gibson
November 14, 2019
A Predator drone in Kandahar, Afghanistan. For more than a decade now, the U.S. and its European allies have pioneered the use of drones to target and

Drone executions are becoming the norm

Turkey is following our example, and it's leading down a dangerous path.
Michael D. Brennan
November 14, 2019
A sign on a blue line train Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, in Minneapolisl, MN.] DAVID JOLES • david.joles@startribune.com A recent Sunday afternoon s

Rep. McCollum, et al.: Let us know when it's safe to use LRT again

It's great to work toward solving social ills, but those who use and rely on public transit can't wait for solutions to be enacted.
Tom Emmer
November 14, 2019
Mental health issues, such as anxiety and depression, are among the reasons that millennials' health is not as good as that of the previous generation

Mental health crisis calls for urgent action, as individuals and policymakers

My bill will close a loophole, meaning patients will get the effective treatment they deserve.
Eli Lake, Bloomberg News (TNS)
November 14, 2019
President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a ceremony to present the Presidential Citizens Medal posthumously to Rick Rescorla in the East Room of the

Trump's best defense is his ineffectiveness -- even as a despot

Once, again, the disrespectful insubordination of his staff may have saved the president from himself.
Editorial, Chicago Sun-Times
November 13, 2019
The moon rises over Joshua trees inside Joshua Tree National Park, Calif., on November 19, 2018. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS) ORG XMIT:

Commercial interests want a bigger piece of our national parks

And the Trump administration is enabling a host of bad ideas.
Jonathan Weinhagen
November 13, 2019
A rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Nov. 12, 2019. The justice

Supreme Court must recognize that Dreamers make U.S. stronger

Keeping the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is not only right, but it's the right thing for our economy.
Minnesota Recycling Leaders
November 13, 2019
GLEN STUBBE • gstubbe@startribune.com -- Tuesday, July 29, 2008 -- Delano, Minn. -- ] At Randy's Sanitation and Recycling of Delano, customers

How you can help Minnesota recycle

We are doing really well compared to the rest of the country, but we can do better.
Tyler Cowen
November 13, 2019
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Social Security benefits won't disappear

OK, millennials : Your futures look brighter than you think.
Steve Greenfield, Wendy Haan and Jerry Bahls
November 12, 2019
Years in the making, the three-year study of bird fatalities at the glass palace that is U.S. Bank Stadium becomes public. Expected release by Nationa

Study is clear as glass: U.S. Bank Stadium death trap must be fixed

U.S. Bank Stadium has the third-highest fatality estimate in downtown Minneapolis. And it could have been prevented.
Mathews Hollinshead
November 12, 2019
A light rail train heads south from the Target Field station in downtown Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, in Minneapolis MN.] DAVID JOLES • david.joles@

Editorial counterpoint: Do those with choices truly support public transit?

Yes, the light rail must be safe enough, clean enough, polite enough. But will it matter?
Stuart Rothenberg, CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
November 12, 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., right, took the stage Tuesday at the Democratic

Sanders or Warren? Progressives must choose

Both are prisoners of ambition and ideology. Remind you of anybody?
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