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Jared Bernstein
Carrier deal: Good news for workers, good politics, but not sound economics
The action led by President-elect Trump, while a real relief for 1,100 workers, isn't a sustainable job-saving strategy.
Andrew Morgado
Junior ROTC offers opportunities, and results, for students
Data show higher high school graduation rates, lower dropout rates and a higher GPA.
Martha Rosen
![Minneapolis Central Library, located at 300 Nicollet Mall in downtown has been coping with an influx of homeless people. Thursday, January 31, 2013 ]](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/YXYCXF23POI2Z7MO3ENVF42EC4.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Libraries serve wide range of purposes and people, some homeless
Patrons come to read, find information and, in some cases, have a place to go. If there's a problem with priorities, it isn't here.
Letters
Readers Write (Dec. 2): U.S. Bank Stadium and its issues, State Capitol goings-on, the value of letters to the editor
Could you pass the 'Suite Deals' test?
Editorial
It'd be a blunder for Trump to undo Cuba progress
The embargo failed, and U.S. and Cuba have much to offer one another.
Editorial
Thanks to Mayor Chris Coleman, St. Paul is a stronger city
With city on the upswing, he won't seek a fourth term.
Bernie Sanders, The Washington Post
Bernie Sanders: Carrier just showed corporations how to beat Donald Trump
The great negotiator has revealed that companies can extract favors by threatening to offshore jobs.
Cartoons
Letters
Readers Write (Dec. 1): Spending priorities on stadiums, homelessness, higher ed; Gold'n Plump sales effect on jobs, farms; domestic vs. international resource extraction
Let's build a better kind of bridge than one that serves football.
Editorial
Hennepin County deserves child protection help
Pilot project could bend an alarming curve and should be funded.
Myron Orfield and Will Stancil
Counterpoint: Gentrification isn't the rental problem; poverty is
Sharply falling incomes for blacks and Latinos, not rising rents, drive a housing affordability crisis in Minneapolis.
Editorial
Sharon Pierce and Rassoul Dastmozd
St. Thomas plan is laudable, but don't overlook Minnesota State's two-year colleges
In serving low-income students, colleges match up more than favorably with St. Thomas plan.
Doug Shidell
Plymouth saw the light; other cities should, too
A code that aims to minimize glare and obtrusive light offers the side benefits of reduced energy use and a lower carbon footprint.
Jacob Woods
Places in the Twin Cities where worlds sit side by side: The library. Light rail.
I went to St. Paul's Central Library to read — a shortsighted view of the building's purpose. A homeless person showed me the light.
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