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July 19, 2019
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar speaks to supporters after arriving home, at Minneapolis' Saint Paul International Airport, Thursday, July 18, 2019, in Minnesota

Readers Write: 'Go home,' Trump and Epstein's relationship, advice for the Democrats, criticism vs. racism

Let's 'go home' to a better America.
Letters
July 19, 2019
Neil Armstrong took this photo of Buzz Aldrin on the moon with the American flag in 1969 during the Apollo 11 mission. (Neil Armstrong/Nasa/TNS) ORG X

Readers Write: The moon landing, quality control, driver testing, Minnesota's political preferences

In no way was the moonshot easy.
Letters
July 19, 2019
Commuters passed by ongoing road construction on I-35W during the evening rush hour Friday. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com

Readers Write: Driving and old age, using the term 'concentration camps,' racism, tensions with Iran

Emphasize transit, not cars.
Letters
July 18, 2019
Editorial: What happens when the money runs short for Social Security and Medicare? (George Sheldon/Dreamstime/TNS) ORG XMIT: 1308148

Readers Write: Capitalism, the 'Squad,' housing

Right diagnosis, wrong prescription.
Letters
July 17, 2019
President Donald Trump holds up a photo of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) during a meeting at the White House in Washington on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Trum

Readers Write: Artificiality of race, immigrants' contributions, Noor's appeal, the Republican Party

Don't let artificial categories divide us.
Letters
July 16, 2019
A teacher uses the Pledge of Allegiance in a reading class the U.S. government's newest holding center for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas,

Readers Write: St. Louis Park and the pledge, Trump's racist tweets, 3M and the environment

Democracy sans circus, please.
Letters
July 15, 2019
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., left, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., center, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., right, attend a House Oversight C

Readers Write: Trump's racism, Ilhan Omar, Pledge of Allegiance, Epstein's donations

Reject Trump's racism.
Letters
July 13, 2019
Readers Write: Cars, cows and the climate; immigrants and assimilation of values

Readers Write: Cars, cows and the climate; immigrants and assimilation of values

We're not buying into a July 7 commentary writer's apologia.
Letters
July 12, 2019
FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2018, file photo U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents gather before serving a employment audit notice at a 7-Eleven

Readers Write: ICE raids, funding free college, child care, dog poop

ICE's raid tactics will harm kids.
Letters
July 12, 2019
The sun rises behind an American flag posted outside of Petrunik's Kitchen, Door and Moore store at the old Eureka Department store in Windber, Pa., W

Readers Write: Patriotism, education, climate

A nuanced love for country.
Letters
July 11, 2019
Asylum-seeking immigrants line up at a border fence in Tijuana, Mexico on June 20, 2018. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/TNS) ORG XMIT: 1315214

Readers Write: Congress' role in immigration crisis, Epstein sex-crimes case, Trump and the census

Don't forget to blame Congress.
Letters
July 10, 2019
Supporters of the Pledge of Allegiance waved the flag in front of St. Louis Park City Hall.] The St. Louis Park City Council will hold a study session

Readers Write: Patriotism and the Pledge of Allegiance

Readers respond to the controversy regarding St. Louis Park City Council's decision to stop saying the pledge before its meetings.
Letters
July 9, 2019
Fall Lake, near Winton, Minn., part of the Boundary Waters, a vast landscape of federally protected lakes and forests along the border with Canada, Ap

Readers Write: Conservation, Pledge of Allegiance, Minnehaha Parkway traffic, U.S. women's soccer

To save the outdoors, fund it.
Letters
July 8, 2019
Surgical instruments lying on top of a sterile autoclave bag.

Readers Write: Conscience clauses, Pledge of Allegiance, fireworks, Women's World Cup

Doctors have civil liberties, too.
Letters
July 5, 2019
Waste Management worker Daniel Westerhaus collected trash from the alleys of the Snelling Hamline neighborhood of St Paul's yellow zone on the first d

Readers Write: Waste collection in St. Paul, immigration and values, hiring and age, political-party accountability, space exploration

Commentary's totalitarian take.
Letters
July 5, 2019
A statue of Thomas Jefferson, who believed strongly in religious freedom, in Washington, D.C. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Sarah L. Voisin OR

Readers Write: Thomas Jefferson and religious pluralism, Medicare for All, Central America, Trump and the GOP.

We may not all meet in the end.
Letters
July 5, 2019
The Mall of America in Minneapolis. A suspect was arrested Friday after throwing a 5-year-old child from a third-floor balcony at the mall. (Aaron Lav

Readers Write: Water park, climate change, July 4th celebration, Pledge of Allegiance, Sack cartoon portraying Ivanka Trump

A water park as charity? Really?
Letters
July 3, 2019
One of two Bradley Fighting Vehicles driven into place in front of the Lincoln Memorial for President Donald Trump's 'Salute to America' event honorin

Readers Write: Trump's July 4th celebration, border crisis, mining, U.S. women's soccer

Our freedom resembles oppression.
Letters
July 3, 2019
This copy of the Declaration of Independence, made in the 1820s, was given to founding father James Madison. MUST CREDIT: Handout

Readers Write: Why are you proud of the United States?

Readers respond to our invitation.
Letters
July 2, 2019
In this Wednesday, May 29, 2019, Eric Olson, right, gathers his tools as contractor Robert Radotich uses a backhoe to dig areas so the soil stratifica

Readers Write: Mining and jobs, climate, pediatric gender care, court-martial, Trump's transparency

Good jobs and a clean environment aren't mutually exclusive.
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