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July 29, 2016
Looking south on the Minnesota River in Blakeley Township, MN on July 3, 2012. ] JOELKOYAMAïjoel.koyama@startribune.com Foreclosures etc are push

Readers Write (July 31): River origins, leadership and judgment

Which branch came first?
Letters
July 28, 2016
President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton wave to the crowd during the third day of the Democratic National Convent

Readers Write (July 29): America's decision, and specifically, the Russians and the e-mails

Trump, Clinton, e-mails, tax returns, Russians, hackers. (Jokes?)
Letters
July 27, 2016
Protestors lock arms at Oxford and Summit while squaring off with police officers near Gov. Mark Dayton's mansion. Earlier police moved protestors fro

Readers Write (July 28): Protests, presidential race, trade deals, south Minneapolis 'Urban Paradise' proposal

Bigger penalties for protesters? More time?
Letters
July 26, 2016
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scot

Readers Write (July 27): Tone of the Democratic National Convention, the e-mail leak, a plea to Sanders supporters, the Al Franken appearance, Enbridge pipeline, tuition plans

Democrats' big gathering has a more-pleasing tone.
Letters
July 25, 2016
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., listens as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a rally in Portsmouth, N.H., Tuesday, July 12,

Readers Write (July 26): Democratic National Committee, alternatives to Trump and Clinton, proposal to close off a city block, MNsure, Germany shooting spree and gun laws

The DNC's e-mail revelations are serious stuff.
Letters
July 22, 2016
Donald Trump accepts the Republican nomination for president on the final night of the Republican National Convention, at the Quicken Loans Arena in C

Readers Write (July 23): Donald Trump, nominee; ideology and values; fighting sexual harassment, and talking about the weather

He's a man with mysterious answers.
Letters
July 22, 2016
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump, center, joins a group of African-American religious leaders to speak to reporters in New York, Monday,

Readers Write (July 24): The Trump base, Delta's MSP-to-Tokyo service, bare arms on female broadcasters

Not all Christians are with Trump, or against Clinton.
Letters
July 22, 2016
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Readers Write (July 25): U.S. Constitution, Jews and reclaiming German citizenship, Social Security, streetlights

Amending the Constitution isn't at odds with its intent.
Letters
July 21, 2016
People boo as Sen. Ted Cruz speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, July 20, 2016. Cruz spoke to mounting boos and chants of ì

Readers Write (July 22): Trump, Cruz and the Republican National Convention, Melania Trump's alleged plagiarism, Nienstedt inquiry, broken glass at Vikings stadium

Cruz speech adds to the mayhem.
Letters
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.
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