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Minneapolis' sick leave rule is unhealthy for jobs
The ordinance has far-reaching consequences on state's businesses.
Stephen F. Befort
Counterpoint: In defense of arbitration
In deciding if recent criticism is accurate, it's important to look at the facts.
Deborah Schlick
Dimitri Drekonja
America's exceptional failure dealing with coronavirus is indisputable
Every country was given the same task. We have no excuse.
Congress needs to help at-risk college students
Minorities and those with limited means are more likely to be left behind.
Lori Sturdevant
In the fight for racial equity, why did the spark catch here, now?
The demography of our city and state, and how it's changed, can bring some insight to the big question many of us are asking.
Amelia Rayno
L.A., El Salvador are mirror images of poverty
Thousands of miles separate two cities where injustice looks the same.
WALTER MONDALE, JOSIE JOHNSON, SHARON SAYLES-BELTON and BOB BRUININKS
Community leaders speak out for police reform, not dismantling
The push for abolition is a distraction from real change that can happen with reform.
Aisha Gomez, Hodan Hassan, Jeff Hayden, Patricia Torres Ray, Angela Conley and Andrea Jenkins
Fund a more racially equitable transportation system
Funding bus-rapid transit in Minneapolis can help families.
Noah Feldman
Trump lawsuit against John Bolton is beyond frivolous
Prior restraint is a no-go, even if the former national security adviser self-exercised it during the impeachment hearings.
Steve Chapman
The Texas Rangers have a nasty history. Why does the baseball team keep the name?
"The terms 'death squads' and 'ethnic cleansing' would not enter common usage for another sixty years or so, but that was what the Rangers were and what they did."
Dahleen Glanton
Talking about social justice reform without affirmative action is just hot air
It's the best idea America ever had to address racial disparities.
Anne Elstrom Park
Counterpoint: Scarlett O'Hara may once have been a feminist icon
But it's a new day, isn't it?
Editorial Board
Last gasp in a lineage: Successor to 'A Prairie Home Companion' is canceled
The evolution and ultimate end of Garrison Keillor's creation.
Jacob Frey
Mayor Jacob Frey: Worldwide change must start in Minneapolis
To do that, we need to shift police culture and push reform on arbitration.
Leah Entenmann
Counterpoint: Alternatives to replace a police force already exist
Holding on to what we know hasn't worked and has done harm. It's time to look at other successful systems.
Cass R. Sunstein
What Thurgood Marshall taught me about police accountability
A warning from the boss is likely to be more effective than a pronouncement from Washington.
Rekha Basu, Des Moines Register
George Floyd's death resonates in rural Iowa, too
The scene from Steve King's congressional district.
Frank Shyong
In the midst of a racial reckoning, what does whiteness mean?
And are we seeing a movement or a moment?
Editorial
Black pastor felt like he had been 'lynched without being killed'
Leon McCray Sr. was arrested after defending himself from trespassers.
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