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July 20, 2016
A rendering of the Southwest Light Rail train passing through the Kenilworth Lagoon ORG XMIT: MIN1605131425430376 ORG XMIT: MIN1605181436410516

Readers Write (July 21): Southwest light rail, Republican priorities, Melania Trump's address, racial disparities, the heat

Southwest light rail shouldn't be a special-session priority.
Letters
July 19, 2016
In this combination of photos, Melania Trump, left, wife of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, speaks during the opening day of the Repub

Readers Write (July 20): Republican National Convention, black police officer's commentary on recent events

Melania Trump's speech makes news, but not the kind desired.
Letters
July 18, 2016
Reince Priebus, chair of the Republican National Committee, bangs a gavel at the start of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans Aren

Readers Write (July 19): Republican National Convention, terrorism responses, fatal attacks on the police

The Republican National Convention: Taking a leap of faith.
Letters
July 17, 2016
July 23, 1991 Rock Kills Driver -- Sgt. Terry Biddle of the Eau Claire Sheriff's Department collects evidence from a vehicle that was struck by a 35-f

Readers Write (July 18): Preventing tragedy, safe schools, white privilege, police officer training, Prince's private files

Preventing tragedy: Please know where your children are.
Letters
July 15, 2016
A woman puts flowers near the scene where a truck mowed through revelers in Nice, southern France, Friday, July 15, 2016. A large truck mowed through

Readers Write (July 16): Terror attack in Nice, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity's appeal on race and justice, bias and hip-hop style, race and Minneapolis zoning

The alarm continues to sound.
Letters
July 15, 2016
U.S. Bank Stadium - Exterior and construction images. ] US Bank Stadium - Vikings brian.peterson@startribune.com Minneapolis, MN - 06/30/2016 ORG XMIT

Readers Write (July 17): Vikings stadium; race relations and policing, policy, practices, history

The best negotiators benefited.
Letters
July 14, 2016
A passerby showed her support as protestors chanted on the University Avenue bridge as other protestors blocked and were arrested on the southbound in

Readers Write (July 15): Freeway protests, addressing race, opioid prescriptions, the 2016 campaign

Freeway protests: Inconvenience in perspective.
Letters
July 13, 2016
Protestors blocked and were arrested on the southbound interstate on 35W near the University Avenue bridge, Wednesday, July 13, 2016 in Minneapolis, M

Readers Write (July 14): Protests, "white privilege," Betsy Hodges' comments on Bob Kroll

Freeway protests: You're not making friends.
Letters
July 12, 2016
Minnesota Lynx forward Maya Moore (23) and Minnesota Lynx guard Lindsay Whalen (13) observe a moment of silence in honor of Philando Castile. ] Timoth

Readers Write (July 13): Minnesota Lynx and Minneapolis police, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bernie Sanders

Off-duty's officers' security walk-off betrayed trust.
Letters
July 12, 2016
Marchers block part of Interstate 94 in St. Paul, Minn., Saturday, July 9, 2016, during a protest sparked by the recent police killings of black men i

Readers Write (July 11): Race, protests and policing

Progress, not chaos. Scrutiny, not oversimplification.
Letters
July 11, 2016
FILE - In this April 8, 2011 file photo, a welcome sign for Fargo, N.D., sits in the rising floodwaters of the Red River as a flood engineer for the U

Readers Write (July 12): Red River flood control, race relations and protest and the police, Hobby Lobby ad

It's easy to condemn past flood-control choices, but Fargo needs room to grow.
Letters
July 8, 2016
Jon Bream/Star Tribune Adele performed at the Xcel Energy Center Tuesday evening. ORG XMIT: MIN1607052258351506

Readers Write (July 10): Ticket scalping, Community Action case, housing for the elderly, John Kundla's legacy, 'Brexit,' Hillary Clinton's e-mails, consumer advocacy

With ticket sales, some are bound to be disappointed.
Letters
July 8, 2016
A small memorial at the Greyhound Bus Station in Dallas about a block from the scene where five officers were fatally shot and seven others were wound

A deadly and divisive week in America: A special edition of Readers Write

Following fatal shootings by police in Baton Rouge, La., and Falcon Heights, Minn., and the fatal shootings of police officers in Dallas, Star Tribune readers have responded with discussion of society's breakdown, the changes needed in police work, and the roles of guns, race and leadership. A special edition of Readers Write:
Letters
July 8, 2016
Demonstrators at a rally in front of the Governor's Residence, sparked by the shooting death of Philando Castile at the hands of police on Wednesday,

Readers Write (July 9): Dallas ambush, Hillary Clinton's e-mails

After another night of violence, may we all work to restore trust.
Letters
July 8, 2016
People holds hands outside Gov. Mark Dayton's mansion as Rev. Brian Herron prays during a gathering in response to the shooting of Philander Castile b

Readers Write (July 8): Philando Castile shooting

Accountability now, and perhaps future encounters are not deadly.
Letters
July 6, 2016
FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2011, file photo, then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton checks her Blackberry from a desk inside a C-17 military plan

Readers Write (July 7): Hillary Clinton's e-mails, the state of Texas

Clinton's e-mails: A matter of perspective.
Letters
July 5, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses the The National Education Association (NEA) Representative Assembly in Washington, Tuesda

Readers Write (July 6): Hillary Clinton, Affordable Care Act, Hobby Lobby ad, Texas

Legally cleared in e-mail handling, she passes the threshold?
Letters
July 1, 2016
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Readers Write (July 2): 'Brexit,' U wrestling investigation, state economies and size of government

Bonnie Blodgett holds forth on economics. I give her the gong.
Letters
July 1, 2016
On a day Bob White, 47, who has A.L.S., volunteers at the school of his son, Kieran, 13, washes his fatherís hair in the shower before brushing B

Readers Write (July 3): Children as caregivers, temp worker's attack, Dakota County conservation easement, mental health, racial makeup of orchestras

Channel ire over kids' burdens into policy changes, not families' realities.
Letters
July 1, 2016
April 7, 1989 These students were excused from classes at Shanley High School In Fargo, N.D., Thursday to help place sandbags along the Red River. Rad

Readers Write (July 4): Red River flood control, GMOs, sex offender program, the 2016 campaign

What's Minnesota's incentive to back Fargo's Red River diversion project?
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