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Other Republicans should join Mitt Romney
All members of Congress should follow his lead, hold Trump accountable.
Anne Sundberg Siess
In tackling affordable housing, let's start with a realistic home-price-to-income expectation
Calculations using Met Council numbers suggest that a given house may be less affordable than thought.
Robert P. McDivitt
Editorial counterpoint: Veterans Affairs is actively working to prevent suicide
It's our top clinical priority, and making veterans aware of the available support is critical. Here's what we're doing to achieve it.
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Minneapolis schools have more work to do on enrollment, finances
Improved financial management is encouraging, but more must be done.
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Immigration and the heartland: Minnesota's smaller cities are, on balance, congenial
For Somalis in St. Cloud, for instance, life is not without opposition. But "80 percent" of locals "are good people."
Antony J. Blinken and Robert Kagan
America must maintain a leading global role
To pull back would run counter to lessons of history and to broad interests, including our own.
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Readers Write: Saving for retirement, reforming health care, categorizing presidential prospects, choosing analogies, viewing cartoons and comics
Saving for retirement is your responsibility, even when it's hard to do.
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Minnesota's new leaders must build bridges
It's time to stop all-or-nothing politics and value the art of legislative compromise.
Steve Grove
Reboot required (or seeking a Minnesota Miracle 2.0)
Minnesota was once a tech leader, and that lifted the state's economy. Here's what history teaches about how to get there again.
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Readers Write: Battling defamation, promoting early childhood learning, remembering the Rose Bowl, clearing the snow, building walls
A key step in battling defamation awaits legislative interest.
Thomas S. Kaplan and, BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY
The U.S. and its wartime allies: The Kurds find themselves betrayed, once again
But in this there is a decided contrast between President Donald Trump and France's Emmanuel Macron.
Mitch Pearlstein
Ideas for improving the lot of American workers (open minds requested)
A new book sounds at times like the stuff of a Democratic caucus, at others like grist for a GOP one. Either way, it sure makes you think.
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A positive trend ends: Fewer U.S. kids have health care coverage
New report shows that a decade of steady progress has halted nationwide.
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