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Letters
August 15, 2017
The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee still stands in Lee park in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. The removal of the statue is

Readers Write: Charlottesville and revisionist history, peaceful protests, Google and gender bias, Iran

It's time to own up to our past.
Editorial
August 15, 2017
Cars driving on E. Minnehaha Parkway along Lake Nokomis tried to dodge potholes.

State help is needed to repair and maintain Minnesota city streets

Tired of waiting for LGA boost, Duluth considers a sales tax boost.
Brett Webb
August 15, 2017

Editorial counterpoint: Minnesota's biodiesel mandate goes too far

The fuel is very capable, but it has limitations due to temperature, infrastructure and price concerns. Further reforms are needed.
Opinion
August 14, 2017

There is plenty of blame to go around — for everybody

Neeraj Mehta
August 14, 2017
Star Tribune illustration; original photo by Carlos Gonzalez ï Star Tribune

One person's 'mainstream' is another's oppressive status quo

Minneapolis' problem isn't a small group of leftists with outsized influence; it's a stratified social order that leads to injustice.
Letters
August 14, 2017
FILE ó A memorial for Heather Heyer at the scene where she was killed when a man drove into a crowd during a protest against a rally of white nat

Readers Write: Charlottesville tragedy, Iran and Reagan

We can't look the other way.
Editorial
August 14, 2017
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Effective policing helps keep schools safer in Minneapolis and St. Paul

School resources officers have won the support of those who matter most.
Dahleen Glanton, Chicago Tribune (TNS)
August 14, 2017
Days after the violence in Charlottesville, Va., President Donald Trump on Monday personally condemned white supremacists who incited the bloody demon

An angry white leader of angry white men

Americans who thought bigotry would die out with the aging population must be sorely disappointed.
Editorial
August 13, 2017
FILE-- President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive action that will order the construction of a Mexican border wall, at the Department of

Efforts to combat extremism must not falter after top federal official resigns

The private sector should help fill void if Trump administration doesn't.
Cartoons
August 12, 2017
Sack cartoon: The road to 2020

Sack cartoon: The road to 2020

Glen Taylor, Owner of the Star Tribune
August 12, 2017

Glen Taylor: Win-win approach to politics worked in my time in office, and still would

I learned that for me to win, others did not need to lose.
Editorial
August 12, 2017
A vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017. The nati

In Virginia, the ugly terror of white supremacism

Michael Nesset
August 11, 2017

The good old days … really were, in ways

What do I miss? The things that sometimes brought people together.
Cartoons
August 11, 2017
Sack cartoon: Fallout shelter for Trumpsters

Sack cartoon: Fallout shelter for Trumpsters

John Rash
August 11, 2017
Rash Report: Steve Sack on his 'little piece of real estate in the paper'

Rash Report: Steve Sack on his 'little piece of real estate in the paper'

A book and a "Talk of the Stacks" event reflect remarkable career of the Star Tribune cartoonist.

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