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April 17, 2020
A rental property in Minneapolis, on April 7, 2020. One week after the first of the month, tenants nationwide are already struggling with rents and pr

Readers Write: Affordable housing, fossil fuels, mercury rules, pacts to reopen states

Simplify affordable housing and just fund it.
Letters
April 17, 2020
Masks for hospital workers sewn by Corrina Bakken, the Minnesota OperaÕs costume director, in Minneapolis, Minn., March 24, 2020. With overrun ho

Readers Write: Personal protective equipment, coronavirus stats, COVID and climate, municipal governments, satisfying curiosity, finding balance in the news

A national or local disgrace?
Letters
April 17, 2020
A woman wears a face mask as she walks around Normandale Lake with a dog Monday, April 6, 2020 in Bloomington, Minn. as the use of masks to help reduc

Readers Write: Reopening society, rape kit testing, shutdown harms

"Normal" won't return. But life will.
Letters
April 16, 2020
Peter Phillip rides an an almost empty Light Rail during the p.m. rush hour after collecting groceries in Minneapolis, Monday, April 13, 2020, during

Readers Write: When to reopen, Line 3 town halls, emergency preparedness, some poetry

Check your math, Drazkowski. The curve isn't flat.
Letters
April 15, 2020
A United States Postal worker makes a delivery with gloves and a mask in Philadelphia, Thursday, April 2, 2020. The U.S. Postal Service is keeping pos

Readers Write: The Postal Service, our food supply, Trump's authority, relief checks

Neither snow nor rain ... but maybe funding shortfalls.
Letters
April 14, 2020
FILE -- Former Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) during the Democratic presidential debate at Drake University in

Readers Write: Progressives' election choice, reopening the country, mail-in voting fraud

Opting out is not a message.
Letters
April 13, 2020
A sign on the door of a closed barber shop in downtown Alexandria, MN Thursday, April 2, 2020.] DAVID JOLES • david.joles@startribune.com A sin

Readers Write: Reopening society, coronavirus deaths, the pandemic's aftermath, Easter

Reopening society is not so simple.
Letters
April 10, 2020
Street scene at the intersection of Lyndale and Lake Street Thursday July 19, 2018 in Minneapolis , MN. ] JERRY HOLT • jerry.holt@startribune.c

Readers Write: 'Density in a time of coronavirus,' crisis response vs. everyday needs, U salaries, Patrick Reusse and Steve Sack

Different worldviews: Who's right?
Letters
April 10, 2020
The Mary Tyler Moore statue on Nicollet Mall got a mask and rubber glove, perhaps for levity in the face of the Coronavirus, and seen Wednesday, April

Readers Write: Coronavirus's spread, small businesses, Ilhan Omar, the suburbs, summer sports cancellations

In a pandemic, your choices affect all of us.
Letters
April 10, 2020
A yard sign in Omaha, Neb., Friday, April 10, 2020, urges people to stay at home. Social distancing and staying at home are some of the measures to co

Readers Write: Social distancing, stay-home order, gun sales, Enbridge Line 3

It's not political: Stay home.
Letters
April 9, 2020
FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus in Wilmington

Readers Write: Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, voting, Line 3, Arden Hills development, 'OK boomer'

Democrats, it's time to come together.
Letters
April 8, 2020
Supplies to protect health care workers at a COVID-19 test collection site in Tampa, Fla., March 26, 2020. Across the country, attorneys general said

Readers Write: Price gouging, Wisconsin primary, Ilhan Omar, the state budget

Discerning what's fair amid a pandemic.
Letters
April 7, 2020
Biological Science Specialists Reginald Clyburn, left, and Mark Ditching, right, wear biosafety level 3 and 4 protective clothing for handling viral d

Readers Write: Studying the coronavirus, Wisconsin's primary, stay-home order, aid for families, a thank you

All the world's a school — studying the coronavirus.
Letters
April 6, 2020
Crowds on day one of the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn., on August 25, 2016. ] RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER ¥ renee.jones@startribune.com

Readers Write: Meeting again, stay-at-home order, pandemic readiness, remote work

We'll meet again some sunny day.
Letters
April 3, 2020
Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman encouraged people to use whatever water they brought to symbolically wash their hands with a few drops, symbolizing the sacre

Readers Write: Line 3, COVID-19 testing, Trump, online education

What, no pipeline exception?
Letters
April 3, 2020
Readers Write: 'Keeping apart' and 'putting back together,' property taxes during the coronavirus crisis, the economy

Readers Write: 'Keeping apart' and 'putting back together,' property taxes during the coronavirus crisis, the economy

What's your perspective?
Letters
April 3, 2020
An army soldier sprays disinfectant to curb the spread of the coronavirus at a library in Daegu, South Korea, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. For most peop

Readers Write: Library closures, virus in the Navy, hazardous-duty pay, weddings, state strategies

Reopen libraries in some way. There's nothing like a book.
Letters
April 2, 2020
Students and their families moved out of campus housing at the University of Minnesota in March.

Readers Write: University of Minnesota, flooding, climate change, coronavirus testing, parks

Refund housing that students can't use.
Letters
April 1, 2020
A street musician asks to play music for money in the nearly deserted French Quarter in New Orleans, Sunday, March 22, 2020. With much of the city alr

Readers Write: Art in a pandemic, canceled sports, stay-home order, the economy, distancing

Be like a jazz musician — improvise, and have a little faith.
Letters
March 31, 2020
Work continues on a construction project Monday, March 30, 2020, in Minneapolis. An executive stay at home order was issued by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz

Readers Write: 'Essential' businesses, stay-home order, COVID-19 testing, masks, doctor's advice

Some businesses will win, and some will lose. It's inevitable.
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