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June 2, 2020
Thousands of people, including hundreds of clergy continue to pack the street outside Cup Foods in South Minneapolis to pay their respect to George Fl

Readers Write: George Floyd, police union, police tactics, gun control, inequality

Together, do what Floyd couldn't.
Letters
June 2, 2020
The Minneapolis Police union president Bob Kroll. ] GLEN STUBBE • glen.stubbe@startribune.com Sunday, October 14, 2018 The Minneapolis Police union

Readers Write: Leadership, policing by consent, cleaning up, deaths in police custody

The head of the police union must go.
Letters
May 29, 2020
Minnesota police stand outside the department's 3rd Precinct on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, in Minneapolis. The mayor of Minneapolis called Wednesday for

Readers Write: Policing models, riots, small acts of kindness

Rethink our policing model.
Letters
May 29, 2020
A voter leaves after casting her ballot at First Congregation Church during Minnesota's first presidential primary in decades Tuesday, March 3, 2020 i

Readers Write: 'A referendum on progressivism,' problems with long-term care

Different meanings for different people indeed.
Letters
May 29, 2020
The Minneapolis Third Police Precinct is set on fire during a third night of protests following the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police

Readers Write: Protests against George Floyd's death

Constructive action must start now.
Letters
May 28, 2020
Minneapolis residents awoke Thursday to assess the damage after rioters ignited fires and looted stores all over the city, as peaceful protests turned

Readers Write: The aftermath of George Floyd's death

And yet, I have hope.
Letters
May 27, 2020
A police officer throws a tear gas canister towards protesters at the Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct, following a rally for George Floyd on Tuesday,

Readers Write: The death of George Floyd

My neighborhood, the war zone.
Letters
May 26, 2020
Steven Hudson protests, Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in Minneapolis, near the site where a black man, who was taken into police custody the day before, late

Readers Write: Officer-involved death; COVID-19 and churches, testing, masks; Rep. Ilhan Omar on Tara Reade and Joe Biden

The police control basic freedoms, but not with equal measure
Letters
May 23, 2020
People cheer for medical workers at 7 p.m. amid the coronavirus pandemic, Tuesday, May 19, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Readers Write: Memorial Day, keeping churches closed

Honor all on the front lines.
Letters
May 22, 2020
House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt, R-Crown walks out of the House Chamber Sunday, May 17, 2020 not wearing a mask, in St. Paul. All the DFL legislators

Readers Write: Minnesota's strategy, long-term care, newspapers, diet and disease, archdiocese ombudsman Tom Johnson

Call it bipartisan if you want, but it isn't.
Letters
May 22, 2020
Jeff Johnson and his mother, Kathy Johnson, are visiting his father, Michael Johnson, at the North Ridge Health and Rehab nursing home in New Hope, Mi

Readers Write: Nursing homes, reopening, state raises, foster care, stay-home tips

Protect the vulnerable from this virus.
Letters
May 22, 2020
On the the final day of the Minnesota legislative session around one hundred people gathered in front of the State Capitol to pray for churches to be

Readers Write: Reopening churches and more, victory gardens, face masks

You, average citizen, think you know best?
Letters
May 21, 2020
Juan Arriola helps clean and sanitize pews following an in-person Mass at Christ the King Catholic Church in San Antonio, Tuesday, May 19, 2020. San A

Readers Write: Churches reopening early, Jason Lewis

Stand for justice, not this.
Letters
May 20, 2020
FILE - In this Oct. 19. 2018, file photo, Republican U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis participates at a debate at the TPT studios in St. Paul, Minn. The House vo

Readers Write: The future of the Republican Party, racism in the NFL

Where Jason Lewis wants to take the GOP, let's not follow.
Letters
May 19, 2020
Palmetto Bay resident Jesse Jimenez, 68, has his hair cut by barber Rafale Cruz, 38, at Pete's Barber Shop in Pinecrest, Fla., on Monday, May 18, 2020

Readers Write: Reopening, bars and restaurants, churches, partisanship, theology

Here comes the tricky part.
Letters
May 18, 2020
Zahid Memood dropped off Chick-fil-A for homeless people residing at the Chaska Super 8. He was helping out his sister Sana Cheema who is the general

Readers Write: Housing assistance, reopening bars, staying safe, aging

Prevent the coming crisis — homelessness.
Letters
May 15, 2020

Readers Write: Students' contributions in COVID-19 fight, face masks, job losses in middle age, Twin Metals mining proposal

We're all in it together, and these students are on the right side.
Letters
May 15, 2020
An empty swing set sat on the beach behind Cragun's Resort on Gull Lake on Monday. ] ALEX KORMANN • alex.kormann@startribune.com Resorts around Minn

Readers Write: Reopening, Trump's leadership, the Electoral College

A dial, not a switch, is the right metaphor.
Letters
May 15, 2020
Kyle Eaton, the lead pastor at Rock Hill community church, preached to a nearly empty room while being live streamed. The only people in the seats wer

Readers Write: Resuming religious services, federal aid to states

Reopening will not make our community whole.
Letters
May 14, 2020
BRUCE BISPING ¥ bbisping@startribune.com St. Paul, MN., Thursday, 9/24/2009] The Cathedral of St. Paul. The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis i

Readers Write: Resuming religious services, social distancing, work safety, stay-home orders, masks, grading

The Cathedral safely holds more than 10 people.
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