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Robin Abcarian
Social network Nextdoor was supposed to encourage kindness among neighbors …
… but as is the case with other networks, users just can't stop themselves from being jerks. (Among other problems.)
Farhad Manjoo
Wherever events were headed that night, weapons made matters worse
Why the Kyle Rittenhouse case is all about the guns.
August H. Nimtz
Counterpoint: The real flaw in CRT is that it's not revolutionary enough
Systemic racism is rooted in capitalism itself.
Editorial, Mankato Free Press
Hagedorn's inexplicable vote
Minnesota Republican opposed infrastructure bill that will greatly benefit his district.
Bret Stephens
A primer on the FBI's Russia/Trump misdeeds
It turns out the FBI can be both incompetent and biased.
Thomas L. Friedman
Want to save the Earth? Capitalism.
We need tools that are as big as Mother Nature — Father Profit and New Tech.
Fredrik deBoer
Democratic socialism isn't as popular as Democratic socialists think
Those of us who believe in it like to think the system is rigged against us, but the truth is we need to change minds.
Binyamin Appelbaum
Monopoly's bad cousin — monopsony — and the labor-oriented awakening of antitrust
Checking corporate power over workers as well as consumers is a necessary corrective.
the Editorial Board of the New York Daily News
Don't waste the infrastructure bill
The spending is needed, but don't squander it on boondoggle projects.
Charles M. Blow
Will white supremacy fade into 'light' supremacy?
America isn't the only country with a history of discrimination based on skin color.
Kate Knuth
Trust will be key, and must be earned
Minneapolis leaders have an opportunity to strengthen the relationship with its citizens.
the Editorial Board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Who's a 'snowflake' now?
Conservatives are the ones asserting victimhood these days by talk of race.
Dominic J. Packer and Jay J. Van Bavel
Who's really a 'freethinker' and who's actually a 'sheep'?
Individualism may be the ultimate form of American conformity.
Stephen L. Carter
Nicole MartinRogers, Mary Kunesh and Nicole Matthews
The effort to end violence against Indigenous women and girls — one year later
Minnesota's task force has resulted in progress, but there's work left to be done.
Laetitia Moreau
Counterpoint: Make standard time — not daylight saving time — permanent
Minnesotans need politicians, newspapers and clocks to serve them better.
Ross Douthat
Can Reaganism rise again?
Inflation, crime, a global rival, cultural excess — the ingredients are in place, maybe not for an exact replay, but for an echo.
Opinion
It's the economy, President Biden
He needs to heed lessons from past administration as inflation rises.
Zhao Jian
Origin tracing of COVID-19 should not be politicized
Make this a global investigation, as is appropriate based on evidence, and do not stigmatize China.
Jeanne and Sue Rohland
Rent-control flip adds insult to small landlords' injury
An open letter to St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter.
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