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November 21, 2018
Ilhan Omar, congresswoman-elect for Minnesota, at a Congressional Progressive Caucus news conference at the AFL-CIO International Headquarters in Wash

Readers Write: Israel and U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, Pope Francis and economics, reproductive rights, sexual orientation and public office, hearing loss

Jewish Voice for Peace-Twin Cities stands with Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar.
Letters
November 21, 2018
Nancy Boler leads the Mindful Yoga class. ] LEILA NAVIDI • leila.navidi@startribune.com BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Greg Pratt, a veteran research

Readers Write: Religious 'nones,' businesses and political parties, capitalism

No church? That's an opt-out.
Letters
November 21, 2018
President Donald Trump gestures as he walks to Marine One after speaking to media at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, for the sh

Readers Write: Today's America, the dangers of patriotism, pesticides

Proud to be an American? No more.
Letters
November 20, 2018
Search and rescue teams look for the remains of victims in the aftermath of the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif., Nov. 16, 2018. The Butte County sheriff

Readers Write: California fires, the Vatican and injustice, government mandates and business, baseball chaser, alcohol at company parties

A trigger for empathy. Also for taking threats seriously.
Letters
November 20, 2018
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Readers Write: Campaign finance, wolf protection, homeless encampment fire, Minneapolis 2040 Plan, Ivanka Trump's e-mails, the selection of a new U.S. House speaker

A municipal mailing shows the challenge of campaign finance.
Letters
November 16, 2018
Peter McLaughlin, the Hennepin County Commissioner for District 4, addressed a crowd during groundbreaking ceremonies for the Interchange project, a t

Readers Write: Southwest light rail, Minneapolis 2040 Plan, birthright citizenship

We lost. Peter McLaughlin won, on this issue.
Letters
November 16, 2018
Jason Gabbert, with a partial collection of baseballs he has amassed attending Major League Baseball games. (Courtesy Jason Gabbert)

Readers Write: Ball-snagging Twins fan, St. Paul garbage collection, light-rail costs, affordable housing, 'huffing,' clergy sex abuse, the 'culture of outrage'

It's all about him, apparently.
Letters
November 16, 2018
Mark Nunberg leads a meditation class. ] LEILA NAVIDI • leila.navidi@startribune.com BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Mark Nunberg, the founder of Commo

Readers Write: Religious 'nones,' Amazon's 'HQ2,' war and peace, accessibly finding solace in nature

Religious 'nones' are copping out.
Letters
November 15, 2018
Diane and Alan Page stood in their home that is full of African American art, antiques and artifacts on Tuesday, December 19, 2017, in Minneapolis, Mi

Readers Write: Alan Page, Gov. Tim Walz and marijuana laws, crime and gun laws, Wisconsin and gerrymandering, Minneapolis 2040 plan

Achieving greatness through character and collaboration.
Letters
November 14, 2018
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Readers write: Concussion settlements, legalizing marijuana, gun rights, worst toys, Afghanistan, Amazon, election maps

It's a step, but the amounts seem so inadequate for the injuries.
Letters
November 13, 2018
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Readers Write : America's melting pot; no more politics as usual; Jason Lewis; gun legislation; Stan Lee

Diverse people produced a common good, and I'm the lucky one.
Letters
November 12, 2018
A tattered flag flies over a burned out home at the Camp Fire, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018, in Paradise, Calif. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Readers Write: California fires, President Trump in France, 2018 midterm elections, gun legislation, getting to know your turkey

Deadly blazes are part of huge, complex problem demanding attention.
Letters
November 9, 2018
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Front door fall decorations.

Readers Write: Atmospheric impressions of an election door knocker, Peter McLaughlin's service to the community, the national direction, the Eighth District

From a grateful door knocker.
Letters
November 9, 2018
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Portrait of the man freezing, with real icicles hanging from his beard and mustache.

Readers Write: Mall of America bus waiting area, Minneapolis 2040 Plan, election maps, campaign finance health care costs, mass shootings

We're cold. Does anyone care?
Letters
November 9, 2018
Neighbors Andrea Page and Peter Jorgensen were two of several neighbors clearing the sidewalk of their Minneapolis neighborhood which had still yet to

Readers Write: Sidewalk snow removal in Minneapolis, birthright citizenship, swearing in, spanking, 'bullet journals'

Well, neighbors could help, too, for less.
Letters
November 8, 2018
People comfort each other after a mass shooring at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks late Wednesday night, Nov. 7, 2018. (Wally Skalij/Los A

Readers Write: California shooting, calls for bipartisanship, Editorial Board advice (really?) for Ellison, red-blue in the governor's race and the (nonpartisan) Hennepin County sheriff's race

This. This is what we should fear.
Letters
November 7, 2018
President Donald Trump listens to a question from CNN journalist Jim Acosta during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, N

Readers Write: President Donald Trump after the midterms, effectiveness of political ads in the Third District, the midterms in general, the voting process

Trump forgets who he works for.
Letters
November 6, 2018

Readers Write: Post-election thoughts, proposed village for homeless, 'huffing' and roadside deaths, day-care death, 100th anniversary of Armistice Day

A message to the winners.
Letters
November 5, 2018
A "Vote Here" sign marks the entrance on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, to an early voting station in downtown Minneapolis for Friday's opening of early vo

Readers Write: Election Day, 'keep right, except to pass,' PolyMet approval

"You are a citizen. You vote!"
Letters
November 2, 2018
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Female caregiver helping senior man get up from bed at home.

Readers Write: Immigration, legislative endorsements

Effects of opposing immigration might be personal.

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