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Readers Write: Central American aid, online speech, St. Thomas and the MIAC
Cutting economic assistance won't solve the migration crisis.
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Readers Write: Campaign finance reform, editorial cartoon, lake name
The session ended with no action toward curbing the amount of money spent in elections.
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Readers Write: Noor verdict, Barr congressional testimony, broken MNLARS system
To understand Noor's mind-set that night, take guns into account.
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Readers Write: Attorney General William Barr, place names, abortion, goodbye to local trash hauler
Those critiquing the attorney general should be realistic about what he really does.
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Readers Write: Online speech regulation, BWCA mining, the NRA
Don't let big tech firms dictate their own speech standards.
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Readers Write: Abortion, names and history, lake quality, policy organizations and ideology
Finding the "dispositive criterion."
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Readers Write: Place names, public civility under Trump, abortion
Arguments against changing names should be based on complete versions of history.
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Readers Write: Carcinogenic TCE, Alabama abortion law, conversion therapy
Trichloroethylene is polluting our state, but we could become the first ones to ban it entirely.
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Readers Write: Minnesota Legislature, hospital staff conflicts of interest, summer fashion advice
In 2020, remember who cares about gun deaths and who just cares about selling guns without a paper trail.
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Readers Write: Health care, Trump's economy, women in business
If we copy the German health care model, we should mandate that companies incorporate public voices.
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Readers Write: Conversion therapy, college athletics, climate change, insulin prices
When we argue about conversion therapy, we're arguing about people's lives.
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Readers Write: Minnesota River and human effects on the planet, the MIAC, Venezuela, abortion
Will we ever stop never stopping?
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Readers Write: Twin Metals mining, state legislature effectiveness, extended winter
Don't rush to judgment on a plan that doesn't exist yet.
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Readers Write: Felons' right to vote, immigration, Catholic sex abuse crisis
Make re-entry into society easier, not harder
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Readers Write: Postpartum depression, single-payer health care, Colorado shooting, death of boy left in car, housing
Hennepin Healthcare's new perinatal mental health facility will address a long-neglected issue.
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Readers Write: Colorado school shooting, mining near the Boundary Waters, U.N. biodiversity report
Our legislators need to stop hiding behind the Second Amendment.
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Readers Write: Infrastructure spending, testosterone ruling, mental health, climate change, sentencing commission, Venezuela, minimum wage
The gas tax and other funding proposals are needed to improve transportation.
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Readers Write: Local art, public access to lakes, gas tax, 2020 presidential race
What makes the Twin Cities special is the local artists dedicated to them.
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Readers Write: Lake name change, William Barr congressional testimony, black identity advocacy
They don't erase the past; they focus on who we want to become.
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