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July 10, 2020

Readers Write: Supreme Court decisions, Black Lives Matter, back to school, international students

Keep your promise, Mr. President.
Letters
July 10, 2020

Readers Write: Back to school — are you sure? Plus: Voting, state GOP lawyering, patriotism and the NFL, the grammar of descent

University of Minnesota findings cast reasonable doubt on back-to-school plans.
Letters
July 10, 2020

Readers Write: Legislature, oil pipelines, dairy market, neighborhood gems

Don't botch round two.
Letters
July 9, 2020
A mannequin displays a mask in front of a boutique clothing store, Thursday, July 9, 2020, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Readers Write: COVID-19 precautions, homeless camps, statues, police reform

We know what to do; we just won't do it.
Letters
July 8, 2020
FILE - In this May 31, 2020, file photo, protesters march away from the State Capitol, in St. Paul, Minn. A loose network of Facebook groups that took

Readers Write: Capitalizing "Black," Fifth District Congressional race, Alexander Vindman, state court powers, the comics

Dignity should guide our usage.
Letters
July 7, 2020
President Donald Trump smiles at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Friday, July 3, 2020, near Keystone, S.D. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Readers Write: Trump at Mount Rushmore, the national anthem, monuments, Black Lives Matter

Live by Trump's predecessors' words, not his.
Letters
July 6, 2020
Camden County Police Department officer Louis Sanchez is seen on foot patrol in Camden, New Jersey, on May 24, 2017. In 2013 the city of Camden, New J

Readers Write: Police reform, monuments, rebuilding Lake Street, a coronavirus thank-you

More precise arguments, please.
Letters
July 3, 2020
The Statue of Liberty stands in this aerial photograph. MUST CREDIT: Ron Antonelli/Bloomberg

Readers Write: Patriotism, the wilderness, renewable energy, telemedicine

Improvement is patriotic.
Letters
July 3, 2020
The Governor's podium with Minnesota State flag and state seal, state motto L'Étoile du Nord. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Tuesday, June 7

Readers Write: Monuments and history, the economy, elder care, the coronavirus

Let's fly a different flag.
Letters
July 3, 2020
Residents of eastern New Orleans hold a candlelight vigil with 1600 candles to commemorate those who lost their lives after the devastation of Hurrica

Readers Write: COVID-19, gun violence, 'mob rule'

Properly framing the impact of the coronavirus.
Letters
July 2, 2020
Saint Paul Police officers watched over Saturday's protest and counter protest outside the Minnesota Governor's Residence. ] aaron.lavinsky@startribun

Readers Write: Police reform, Confederate imagery, rebuilding Lake Street

A police-free future would be bleak.
Letters
July 1, 2020
In this June 27, 2020, file photo, medical personnel prepare to test hundreds of people lined up in vehicles in Phoenix's western neighborhood of Mary

Readers Write: The pandemic, wealth inequality, monuments, ability

These bills will come due.
Letters
June 30, 2020
FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2017 file photo, American soldiers wait on the tarmac in Logar province, Afghanistan. Top officials in the White House were aw

Readers Write: Russian bounties, government, history, housing, state suit over climate change

If Trump only gets what's credible, that means he has dismissed credible information.
Letters
June 29, 2020
FILE - This March 22, 2019, file photo shows Mount Rushmore in Keystone, S.D. The Trump administration on Thursday, June 18, 2020, rejected imposing f

Readers Write: Mount Rushmore, Minneapolis City Council, government, COVID-19

Answer granite with granite.
Letters
June 28, 2020
A statue of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback flanked by a Native American man, left, and an African man, right, sits in front of the American Museum of

Readers Write: Historical statues, presidential pardons, housing, racism and baseball

Don't know much about history.
Letters
June 26, 2020
Several hundred people attended the rally and then marched downtown calling for police reform.]Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Re

Readers Write: Police reform, Minneapolis charter amendment, city government

A few more details, please.
Letters
June 26, 2020
FILE - This Jan. 4, 2020 file photo shows a sign for at Fort Bragg, N.C. The fight over removing the names of Confederate generals from U.S. Army base

Readers Write: Renaming things, racial equity

Forgive and forget, especially forget
Letters
June 25, 2020
A memorial at East 38th Street and Chicago outside Cup Foods, where George Floyd died in police custody last Monday night. ] aaron.lavinsky@startribun

Readers Write: Societal change, sick leave, statues, public transit

Change has been a long time coming.
Letters
June 25, 2020
Packages of Dexamethasone are displayed in a pharmacy, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Omaha, Neb. Researchers in England said Tuesday they have the first

Readers Write: Coronavirus caution, mail-in voting, the police, public statues

Keep up the caution.
Letters
June 23, 2020
The Minneapolis Police Department Third Precinct, which was overrun and burned by protesters in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man who

Readers Write: The police, public transit, homelessness, press freedom

Protect and serve whom?
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