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Editorial
May 13, 2020

Work with the world on vaccine development

U.S. sent the wrong health and geopolitical signal by skipping global donor summit.
Editorial
May 12, 2020

COVID-19 enters the White House

And at least some officials are responding the way health experts recommend for all.
Editorial
May 12, 2020
A Florida Department of Health worker holds a box with coronavirus test swabs in Miami on May 7, 2020. (David Santiago/Miami Herald/TNS) ORG XMIT: 165

Making sense of COVID-19 fatality rates

A good outcome for reopening relies on fatality rates decreasing significantly.
Editorial
May 8, 2020

Medical providers must tread carefully as elective care resumes

Officials need to be ready to react if supplies of protective gear start to run out again.
Editorial
May 8, 2020

Protect Metro Transit operators from assaults and COVID-19

Risks are increasing, and safety needs to be a priority on buses and LRT.
Editorial
May 8, 2020

Minnesotans need to understand and act on COVID-19 risks

Common health conditions appear to increase likelihood for severe illness.
Editorial
May 7, 2020
Medical workers from Beijing walk near a park during a day off as the city of Wuhan slowly loosens up ahead of a lifting of the two month long lockdow

Keep focus on the coronavirus, not on China

A reassessment of the relationship is due, but now the world must work to fight COVID-19.
Editorial
May 6, 2020
FILE -- Tara Reade, who worked for former Vice President Joe Biden as an aide in his Senate office in the early 1990s, April 11, 2020. The stakes are

Of Joe Biden, Tara Reade, truth and consequence

Voters deserve information sufficient to judge merits of sexual-assault allegation.
Editorial
May 5, 2020

Report shows potential long-term benefits of distance learning

Forced by pandemic, distance education may offer new ways to reach and teach Minnesota kids.
Editorial
May 4, 2020

An award, an impact for editorial writing

Our colleague Jill Burcum was Pulitzer finalist for her work on mining.
Editorial
May 4, 2020

Make a deal on a state bonding bill

Republicans should work with Walz to craft a bill that will help Minnesota's economy recover.
Editorial
May 2, 2020

Federal secrecy is a red flag on mining near BWCA

Minnesota should stop its work on Twin Metals after getting denied on records request.
Editorial
May 1, 2020

A global crisis lurks in health and hunger

U.N. World Food Program head warns that COVID-19 could spur a "hunger pandemic."
Editorial
May 1, 2020

Cities, states need federal aid to save jobs

Congress must come to the rescue of red and blue states as the pandemic wreaks havoc.
Editorial
April 30, 2020

Proceed with caution on reopening, Minnesota

Minnesotans are weary and worried, but the battle against COVID-19 must continue.
Editorial
April 30, 2020
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a guestbook next to his sister Kim Yo Jong inside the Peace House at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilit

Prepare for North Korean provocation

Regardless of Kim Jong Un's fate, shore up alliances and be prepared to work with Beijing.
Editorial
April 29, 2020
Vice President Mike Pence, center, visits a patient who survived the coronavirus and was going to give blood during a tour of the Mayo Clinic Tuesday,

Pence should have worn a mask during visit, and Mayo should have insisted

The blunder shows that poor judgment is infectious. Even a world-renowned clinic's CEO is susceptible.
Editorial
April 28, 2020

Trump takes on the meat plant quandary

Worker risk, company liability and consumer needs are in conflict.
Editorial
April 28, 2020
Most customers outside Trader Joe's store in Bloomington in mid-April wore masks. Such discipline wasn't as present among shoppers at other Twin Citie

We all play a role in stopping the spread

Personal responsibility isn't getting enough attention in COVID-19 response.
Editorial
April 28, 2020
FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2019 file photo, the Supreme Court is seen at sunset in Washington. The Supreme Court has ruled that insurance companies can c

Intrigue at the U.S. Supreme Court

Recent ruling focused on how to deal with precedent, which will return.
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