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Noah Feldman
Supreme Court ruling on LGBT rights is a power play by Gorsuch
Justice Neil Gorsuch used textualism, a theory pushed by the late Justice Antonin Scalia, in the decision on the landmark case.
Norm Coleman
Defund and disband Minneapolis City Hall leadership
Minneapolis police need reform but the city's leaders have, for years, failed to manage the department for which they are responsible.
Jonah Goldberg
Would we be better off with a President Pence in these turbulent times?
The question is moot, but it's a useful mental exercise nonetheless.
Dean Urdahl
Removing statues: Facts of history don't change, but we do
Statues (sometimes) should be removed, through proper public processes — never overthrown by mobs as interpretations change.
Make it easier to vote in America
Over two decades, there have been only 143 fraud cases.
Charles King
To the excellent, caring teachers: Thank you
This year, love was more important than ever.
Pete Stauber
Policing badly needs reform, but law enforcement is necessary
Here I offer some important changes that must be made, from hiring and firing practices to policing with the community.
Ramesh Ponnuru
Three things the Trump campaign is doing wrong?
Focusing on personal obsessions, preaching to the choir and turning Biden into an underdog.
Stephen Mihm, Bloomberg Opinion.
Riots of the 1960s led to today's militarized police
Anyone hoping to change how officers do their work must reckon with this history.
Faye Flam
We can stop a second wave of COVID-19. We have the technology.
Holding us back are fears about privacy and regulation and a defeatist attitude about testing and contact tracing.
Michael Fedo
A life informed by a lynching
I wrote the book about the Duluth lynchings that took place 100 years ago this week. Some people thought the event didn't need to be revisited. Some people probably do still.
Plagued by gun violence, Chicago has to have a police force
But reforms must address department's history of abusing minorities.
Ahmed Tharwat
The Holy Land deli debacle: Immigration meets complication
Social-media posts were abhorrent, but this is a tale of who gets a second chance and who doesn't, and of a collective need to change.
Bonnie Blodgett
Why 'Gone with the Wind' should not be gone
There's more to Margaret Mitchell's story than its shelving by HBO Max implies.
John A. Mattsen
The unasked questions about George Floyd's death and the aftermath
And what will you make of my bringing them up?
John Rash
Peril, and promise, in 'Minneapolis moment'
"What Minneapolis will be remembered for is its response," said Brookings expert Amy Liu, reflecting thoughts of other civic leaders.
New rule would undercut the Community Reinvestment Act
The original legislation addressed a history of housing discrimination.
William M. Cavert
Removing statues is not erasing history
A historian's perspective? None of our scholarship requires monuments.
Misti Snow
30 years ago, the Star Tribune's Mindworks feature asked children about race …
The answers were revealing then and unsettling now.
Georgia's election mess is a bad signal for the entire country
Many voters have every reason to believe voting is getting harder.
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