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October 23, 2020
Children lined up outside while masked and socially-distanced at Crucifixion Catholic School in La Crescent. ] LEILA NAVIDI • leila.navidi@startribu

Readers Write: COVID and education, Fifth District race, mental health, the bail system, voting

Kids can safely go to school.
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October 23, 2020
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett departs during a break in a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 20

Readers Write: The judicial branch, race in Minnesota, the pandemic response

Defining "political."
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October 22, 2020
Rep. Jim Hagedorn knocked on doors and talked with folks in Le Sueur, Minnesota during a campaign swing. He put a sign up at the home of a supporter.

Readers Write: First District race, Mississippi River

I see no signs of impending doom.
Letters
October 21, 2020
Toby Gregory's yard that is adorned with 1,006 white crosses to represent Oklahoma deaths due to COVID-19, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Tulsa, Okla. G

Readers Write: COVID deaths, Third District race, Minneapolis police, Sid Hartman

Multiply our grief by 221,000.
Letters
October 20, 2020
A face mask is seen amongst waste thrown on the ground at a closed market on the first day of the three-week nationwide lockdown, in Tel Aviv, Israel,

Readers Write: Reopening Minnesota, voting security, 2020 election, Mississippi River

Why have laws at all, then?
Letters
October 19, 2020
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee business meeting in Washington, Oct. 15, 2020, the fourth day of the confirmat

Readers Write: Amy Klobuchar in Supreme Court hearings, Amy Coney Barrett, tributes to Sid Hartman

Arguments, not adverbs.
Letters
October 17, 2020
A civil war soldier memorial in front of the courthouse in Gettysburg, SD. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ • cgonzalez@startribune.com – Gettysburg, SD, – Sep

Readers Write: Gettysburg, S.D.; prison and COVID-19; school lockdowns; James Ford Bell; wimpy sports columnists

Town has a skewed read on history.
Letters
October 16, 2020
FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2020, file photo, hundreds of people wait in line for early voting in Marietta, Ga. Black people are going to the polls by the

Readers Write: 2020 election, Kendall Qualls vs. Dean Phillips, Angie Craig vs. Tyler Kistner, Trump's re-election

These lines are our national shame.
Letters
October 16, 2020
A pile of cinder blocks and part of one exterior wall is all that remains of Uncle Hugo's science fiction book store on Chicago avenue that was burned

Readers Write: The Legislature, distance learning, environmental protections, the Mississippi River

Senate GOP is right on this one.
Letters
October 15, 2020
The Supreme Court Building is seen from the Senate of the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. A flurry of activity was underway in the Sena

Readers Write: Court packing, Amy Coney Barrett

Don't set the precedent.
Letters
October 14, 2020
Harris County election worker Romanique Tillman prepares mail-in ballots to be sent out to voters Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Houston. Texas is one of

Readers Write: Voting systems, Kendall Qualls, Amy Coney Barrett hearings, race in America

Yes, the elections system works.
Letters
October 13, 2020
Teachers and supporters called for safer working environments for teachers and students at Wednesday afternoon's rally. ] aaron.lavinsky@startribune.c

Readers Write: Distance learning, homeless shelter at Bethesda Hospital, 'Mark Trail' comic

Little help over here.
Letters
October 12, 2020
I voted stickers await voters who cast their ballots during early voting at Minneapolis Elections and Voter Services Friday in Minneapolis. ] DAVID JO

Readers Write: Supreme Court, government, parallels between 1969 and 2020

Something else I'd like to know.
Letters
October 9, 2020
Trees were ablaze in fall colors and the Minneapolis skyline glowing at dawn as rowers in single sculls glided across a still Lake Nokomis Thursday in

Readers Write: Minneapolis 2040 plan challenge, vice presidential debate, bike lanes

"Good" density is based on facts.
Letters
October 9, 2020
Rick Huggins worked with an M Health Fairview occupational therapist during his first in-home session in late May. She was checking to see the strengt

Readers Write: Surviving the pandemic, 2020 election, Amtrak routes

A microcosm of our ordeal.
Letters
October 9, 2020
FILE -- President Donald Trump participates in the first presidential debate at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020.

Readers Write: Trump's debate comments, judges up for re-election, divided Legislature

Water isn't so available, either.
Letters
October 8, 2020
President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate at the Health Education Campus of Ca

Readers Write: Virtual debates, Trump's pandemic responsibility, vice presidential debate, COVID cases

Welcome to the last seven months.
Letters
October 7, 2020
President Donald Trump gestures a thumbs up as he departs the Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., after testing positive for COVID-19 and spe

Readers Write: Trump and COVID, the filibuster, nonviolence after the election

If Trump's responsible, then ...
Letters
October 6, 2020
President Donald Trump removes his mask as he stands on the Truman Balcony upon returning to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, after testing posit

Readers Write: Trump and COVID, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, candidate Jason Lewis

Still deadly. Still not the flu.
Letters
October 5, 2020
President Donald TrumpÕs physician Dr. Sean Conley, accompanied by other medical staff members, provide an update on TrumpÕs condition at Walter Ree

Readers Write: Trump's diagnosis, COVID exposure, Amy Coney Barrett

Trump is lucky to get that level of care.
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