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A good news story from beleaguered Chicago
Fundraising campaign to help street vendor shows city's heart.
Thomas Kottke and Charlie Fazio
Here's how we can end extortionate drug price increases
Runaway medication costs are the fastest-growing driver of health-care expenses.
Editorial
Reducing chronic absenteeism should be high on school, community priority lists
Intensify efforts to make sure more students are in the classroom.
Editorial
Minnesota House candidate Nolan West should forfeit GOP endorsement
Parties need to do careful vetting before backing candidates.
Gitane De Silva
Counterpoint: Take another look at the Alberta tar sands
In Canada, recent measures show a strong commitment to reducing greenhouse gases.
Val Baertlein and Marlene Reid
Counterpoint: Ad from Catholics for Choice is full of egregious falsehoods
This group is misrepresenting itself, for starters. And funding abortion is not a social justice value for the church.
Letters
Readers Write (Sept. 20): Donald Trump, terror attacks, candidates' mental health, Edward Snowden
"The Value of Trump?" Six reasons to avoid him.
Editorial
A weekend of inhumanity
Attacks in St. Cloud, New York are an unwanted test of fortitude.
D.J. Tice
What is deserved for a sex offender?
The Heinrich confession and a case with an offender less vile raise the question anew.
Editorial
Reducing chronic school absenteeism should be high on school and community priority lists.
Intensify efforts to keep more students in school.
Cartoons
Lori Sturdevant
Divining the vote, by congressional district, by educational degree
More than ever, schooling has predictive power in the election. The impact here:
Editorial, St. Cloud Times
Athletes are testing the boundaries of free speech
Sure they're controversial, but anthem protests further the dialogue.
Mohammad Javad Zarif
Chaos is nourished in Western support via Saudis
The fanciful notion is that instability will help to "contain" Iran. The sooner Saudi Arabia's rulers cease with this, the better for all.
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