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December 3, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

Readers Write: Abortion, mining near the Boundary Waters, love of Minneapolis

Abortion is unlike any other issue.
Letters
December 2, 2021
People hold signs featuring the faces of Supreme Court justices during a rally in front of the court building in Washington on Dec. 1, as the court he

Readers Write: Abortion

If it goes, get ready for unwanted children.
Letters
December 1, 2021
Demonstrators stand in front of the Supreme Court on Dec. 1 as the court hears a case concerning a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 w

Readers Write: Abortion, Mayor Jacob Frey

Reproductive rights must include abortion.
Letters
November 30, 2021
Burroughs Community School second-graders removed their masks and ate lunch outside on a warm day in October in Minneapolis.

Readers Write: Schooling, historical facts

Kids need to be at school.
Letters
November 29, 2021
Abortion rights advocates and abortion opponents gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 1.

Readers Write: Abortion, COVID

Time to address Roe's mistake.
Letters
November 28, 2021
Children check out the books brought by International Institute of Minnesota’s Jane Graupman, whose nonprofit is helping resettle Afghan refugees in

Readers Write: Birthrates, critical race theory, global involvement, climate change

The global perspective
Letters
November 27, 2021
Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm and Gov, Tim Walz during a news conference last week.

Readers Write: Jan Malcolm's fate, Minnesota's environmental failings, thoughts on COVID-19 shots and 'senseless violence'

Time for a sacrifice.
Letters
November 26, 2021
The courtroom where the Derek Chauvin trial took place at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis. The trial was allowed to be livestream

Readers Write: Cameras in the courtroom, Rittenhouse trial, Robert Bly

What more is there to study?
Letters
November 25, 2021
Readers Write: Daylight saving time, birds and stadiums

Readers Write: Daylight saving time, birds and stadiums

That's not going to work up here.
Letters
November 24, 2021
Finn Washburn, 9, celebrates with mom Kate Elsley after receiving a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in San Jose, Calif.

Readers Write: Thanksgiving, COVID vaccines, nursing, Midtown Greenway

Grateful for those shots.
Letters
November 23, 2021
Supporters of a $15 minimum wage rallied in St. Paul in 2017.

Readers Write: Work and workers, Robert Bly

Our data is nonpartisan, rigorous.
Letters
November 22, 2021
Protesters chant as they march through the streets in Minneapolis on Saturday in response to the verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial.

Readers Write: Rittenhouse trial

Better to prevent than nitpick.
Letters
November 21, 2021
Candles are placed around a monument to victims of the Great Famine in Kiev, Ukraine, in 2009. The famine in Soviet Ukraine killed millions of people

Readers Write: Critical race theory and Marxism

Which failure should we emulate?
Letters
November 20, 2021
David McNally, his wife, Cheryl Harms Hauser, and her daughter Wendy Longacre Brown flipped through a photo album. Two years ago, Hauser was diagnosed

Readers Write: Illness and death with dignity, the Kyle Rittenhouse case, teachers, forbearance

Death with dignity is hard no matter how it's approached, but understanding is needed.
Letters
November 19, 2021
Kyle Rittenhouse arrived for jury selection at the Kenosha County Courthouse on Nov. 1. Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all counts Friday.

Readers Write: Rittenhouse trial, Rep. Paul Gosar, St. Paul school closures, the minimum wage

Up next for Rittenhouse: more fame.
Letters
November 18, 2021
Environmental engineer Laura Lewis, left, and geologist Kenzie Kester, both of whom work for an environmental remediation business doing contracting f

Readers Write: The environment

Something in the water.
Letters
November 17, 2021
Recent opinions have presented both permanent daylight saving time and permanent standard time as solutions. Today’s writers say: Just go with the f

Readers Write: Time changes, COVID-19 hospitalizations, Guthrie incident, Midtown Greenway resurfacing

The current way is OK; blame the universe
Letters
November 16, 2021
Matthew Saldivar in “A Christmas Carol” at the Guthrie Theater. The play’s opening was interrupted recently by an audience disruption.

Readers Write: Guthrie incident, time changes, representation, COVID rates, pandemic response

Compassion, blame, exploitation
Letters
November 15, 2021
Readers Write: Critical race theory in schools, the environment

Readers Write: Critical race theory in schools, the environment

Not quite that simple.
Letters
November 14, 2021
Hennepin Avenue and N. 7th Street in downtown Minneapolis.

Readers Write: Crime and policing in Minneapolis, Rittenhouse trial, Metro Transit

On second thought, we stayed home.
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