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Loosening gun restrictions
Missouri is one of nation's least restrictive states, and it's a leader in gun homicides.
Nolan Finley, the Detroit News (TNS)
Abortion ruling would merely re-empower the people
But with abortion laws left to the states, will the conversation be dominated by the most extreme voices, or will they find a middle ground?
Mary McNamara
If men could get pregnant, there'd be no shortage of formula — or abortion
Pregnancy can be smooth sailing or a trip from hell, and you don't know which category you will fall into until you do it. Each and every time!
D.J. Tice
Report bashing MPD whitewashed arbitration flaws
And that's a problem, because if it prevents those flaws from being corrected, real reform will suffer.
Lori Sturdevant
Medicine, religious freedom support abortion rights
A local physician's book demonstrates how science and the First Amendment back the right to choose — and what it means if the Supreme Court takes away that right.
Dan Jennings
John Rash
'The Long Breakup' gives context to conflict in Ukraine
Filmmaker Katya Soldak will attend Sunday's Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival screening of her documentary about her country's turbulent post-Soviet era.
Amanda Makulec
Rebecca L. Davis
Attack on abortion rights threatens all sexual freedoms
Overturning Roe v. Wade would impose a minority's interpretation of Christian morality on the entire nation.
Opinion
Minnesota's water problem
Legislation would help address the growing number of threats to our supply.
William Carter III
Editorial Counterpoint: Reform of off-duty policing needed, overdue
St. Paul needs to regain full ownership of peace officer powers.
Gene Collier, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Lisa Jarvis, Bloomberg Opinion
U.S. is doing too little to monitor Paxlovid use
There seems to be no unified plan for tracking who benefits from the drug and who doesn't.
Amane Badhasso
DFL establishment betrayed values to oppose me
But I'm not going anywhere — we will fix things by standing on our principles and making our voices heard.
Bret Stephens
The case for American optimism
Our pessimism causes us to focus on our flaws — but in doing so we can start to fix them.
Jeff Maurer
Democrats, we have an image problem. Student loan forgiveness may make it worse.
Are we trying to confirm the stereotype of serving educated elites?
Kenji Yoshino
Idea of unwritten rights may seem puzzling, but it's well-established
Despite assurances to the contrary, Alito's draft opinion on abortion has broad implications on which are recognized.
Opinion
Inflation and the job market
There's less incentive to keep working or return to work if real wages are falling.
Nathan Johnson
Counterpoint: 'Product of conception' rights are human rights
If your argument is that a fetus has no rights because it depends on the care of others, what does that mean for people with disabilities, people who are ill, and refugees?
Michael Belton
Juvenile crime crackdown is racist, regressive
We've been here before, and these failed strategies cause long-term harm.
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