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Blame governor, mayor for violence in Portland
They've wrongly claimed it's Trump fault that they can't stop rioting.
Tony Jones
Mark Haveman
A tax reform in Minnesota that's badly needed, long overdue
It might be boring, and it won't be a campaign slogan, but it's necessary.
Dick Schwartz
Summer memories: Jobs my father got me — and one other
Summers were decided for me. One time, I took matters into my own hands.
Wildfire threat is bad and getting worse in the American West
As climate change accelerates, need for national strategy intensifies.
Tony Parrish and Shirley Erstad
Homeownership gap plays a huge part in race inequities
Now more than ever we see the benefits of owning property.
Howard Husock
Smart Minneapolis housing policy need not be so divisive and racialized
The city has racial problems, to be sure, but when you look at the numbers the neighborhoods aren't actually segregated.
Rachel C. Peterson
For the long, distancing winter ahead
I offer some tips from my seasons in "the dark time" under the endless arctic night.
Ben Smith
No room for mavericks: One-of-a-kind thinker Andrew Sullivan falls from favor over race issues
An article he chose to publish in 1994 was just the start.
Floridians can't trust their governor or testing lab
The state is still struggling to get a handle on COVID-19 case counts.
Travis Kriens
South Dakota's governor cared about meth, but not COVID's higher toll
The drug, said Kristi Noem, was an epidemic, but the disease risks are "too minimal" to keep kids home.
Matthew Utecht
Minnesota grocery workers are still on the front lines of COVID-19
It's time for CEOs to restore hazard pay.
Rekha Basu, Des Moines Register
Iowa governor's resistance to prevention has led to a nation-topping COVID-19 rate
What's behind Kim Reynolds' approach? Wishful thinking? Refusal to heed the science? Fear of being accused of government heavy-handedness?
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Election meddling: Full disclosure required
Russia knows what it's doing, and it knows the U.S. knows.
Jon Geffen and Mark Osler
Some states have failed to protect prison inmates from COVID. Minnesota is one of them
More than 560 have contracted COVID-19, and two have died.
Tyler Cowen
Trump is winning the debate on vaccines
I agree with the public health experts, but their arguments just aren't good enough.
David L. Ostendorf
Counterpoint: Lincoln was always torn between 'justice' and 'law and order'
His reflections on mobs and the rule of law foretell today's raw racial-political divide.
Rick Perlstein
Gerald Ford rushed out a vaccine. It was a fiasco.
Trump should keep that in mind as he pushes for a coronavirus shot.
Catherine McNicol Stock
The future of the GOP? Look at the Sturgis motorcycle rally.
Hoping for fundamental change on the right is a waste of time.
Doyle McManus
Biden needs to show up in more places and speak substantively
His activities don't have to be nonstop, but the election will be decided in places where his campaign isn't yet truly visible.
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