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June 11, 2019
FILE -- A graduation ceremony in Tullahoma, Tenn., May 6, 2017. The market for master’s degrees behaves in strange and erratic ways, new data r

Readers Write: Postsecondary education, Trump and Cuba, Minnehaha no-car proposal

Combine, and value, all forms of higher ed.
Letters
June 10, 2019
Musicians play music next to the U.S. border wall topped with razor wire in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, June 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Readers Write: Expanding U.S. borders, addressing homelessness, Ilhan Omar's taxes

What if the U.S. expanded south?
Letters
June 9, 2019
A sign marks the entrance to a makeshift immigrant camp on the outskirts of Sonoyta, a remote Mexican border city across from Lukeville, Ariz. Dozens

Readers Write: Immigration at the Mexican border, gun control, tenant-screening by landlords

We can solve our border problems.
Letters
June 7, 2019
Supporters of National Nurses United during a rally for “Medicare for All,” outside of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of

Readers Write: The health care fairy tale, newsspeak, immigration

Our current system, working? A fairy tale
Letters
June 7, 2019
ESL teacher Olutoye Mortland gave second grader Miguel Leandro Stevens a fist pump at the end of class at Centennial Elementary School in Richfield, M

Readers Write: Education achievement gap, lake name perplexity, energy comparisons, British boorishness, legislative collaboration

There are things that work in boosting achievement. Seek them.
Letters
June 7, 2019
A climate change activist holds a sign that reads "Why Go To School For a Future that Doesn't Exist" during a protest rally at Pershing Square in down

Readers Write: Young voters and climate change, Medicare for All, online speech, doughnuts

Young voters are coming for climate deniers.
Letters
June 5, 2019
FILE - In this June 14, 2011 file photo, various prescription drugs on the automated pharmacy assembly line at Medco Health Solutions in Willingboro,

Readers Write: Health care, left-lane driving, Southwest light rail, climate change

"Medicare for All" is not the solution.
Letters
June 4, 2019
Workers unload and place rail segments for the Southwest Light Rail project on the railroad tracks near the future Beltline Boulevard Station in St. L

Readers Write: Southwest light rail, Navigation Center closing, Paul Douglas' climate credentials

Do the math. Transit is worth the cost.
Letters
June 3, 2019
The sun set over the Bakken Oil Formation, behind an oil well near Williston. ] (JIM GEHRZ/STAR TRIBUNE) / September 26, 2013, Watford City, ND â

Readers Write: Climate change, Virginia Beach shooting, BWCA mining risks

Oil output is carbon output.
Letters
May 31, 2019
A Type 1 diabetes patient filling his insulin pump at home, in American Fork, Utah, Feb. 26, 2017. Consumers whose drug benefits are managed by Expres

Readers Write: Type 1 diabetes patients and Medicare, Klobuchar's presidential run, light rail

Give Medicare to all with Type 1 diabetes.
Letters
May 31, 2019
Shakopee High School Mountain Bike Team crossed a bridge on the Bloomington Ferry Unit trail. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ • cgonzalez@startribune.com - J

Readers Write: Bike trails, Trump's visit to Japan, bee-friendly lawns

Build trails where people need to go.
Letters
May 31, 2019
Former Vice President Joe Biden holds challenge coins while speaking to reporters after a Veterans Memorial Day service in New Castle, Del., May 30, 2

Readers Write: Age and the presidency, mining, nuclear energy, connectivity and stress

Guess you've got to get old so you can act like a child.
Letters
May 30, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks at a Service Employees International Union forum on labor issues, Saturday, Apri

Readers Write: Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Mueller's news conference, note of thanks to a newspaper carrier

Amy, come back to a job you do well.
Letters
May 29, 2019
Christine Giroux exits the voting booth at Transit Town Hall, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. At 91.4 percent, in 2016, Sibley County had one of the highest pe

Readers Write: 2020 campaign, Mueller remarks, Minnesota Legislature

Make character, not labels, matter.
Letters
May 28, 2019
Chief Medaria Arradondo speaks during a community event. ] LEILA NAVIDI • leila.navidi@startribune.com BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Minneapolis Poli

Readers Write: Police overwork, military spending, health care

A professional force is worth the cost.
Letters
May 24, 2019
Lance-leaved violets are a state threatened species of plant, growing at Lexington Memorial Park. ] JIM GEHRZ • james.gehrz@startribune.com / L

Readers Write: Endangered plants, President Trump, climate change

A proposed law would include a road right-of-way exemption and put rare plants in more danger.
Letters
May 24, 2019
Nurto Ali and her daughter Amina Abdulkadir run a beauty products store called Nuura. Latino and East African immigrants have settled in Willmar, draw

Readers Write: Diversity and Willmar, 'Econ 101' and taxes

We're not so different, then or now
Letters
May 24, 2019
The Minnesota National Guard color guard posted the colors. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Monday, May 30, 2016 Memorial Day ceremony at Lake

Readers Write: Memorial Day, SAT 'adversity score,' lake pavilion fire

Make Memorial Day a day of remembrance, not profit.
Letters
May 24, 2019
FILE — A Juul vape device in New York, April 4, 2018. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said that he plans to sponsor legislation

Readers Write: Tobacco sales, historical preservation, Trump on Iran

Prioritize health over tobacco profits.
Letters
May 23, 2019
FILE — A bulletin board of college admissions materials at Anaheim High School in Anaheim, Calif., Feb. 21, 2013. The SAT test's so-called adve

Readers Write: SAT 'adversity scores,' police settlements, MIAC athletics

A score doesn't solve student issues.
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