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Letters
Readers Write: The Omar 'uproar,' 'Medicare for All,' money for Final Four and money for schools
A cultural division widens.
William Cory Labovitch
West Virgina delegate pushed back at colleagues criticizing Omar
While disagreeing with Omar's politics, he quashed criticism based on her faith.
Editorial
Cutting police budgets is not the way toward equitable communities
Statistics show that cutting police budgets is likely to backfire on cities.
Mike Meyers
Subsidy? Subsid'oh! The limits of economic incentives
When will politicians learn that no matter how many incentives they shovel at the likes of Foxconn and Amazon, they still don't hold the spades?
Karen Tumulty, The Washington Post
With rape revelation, a combat pilot completes her most courageous mission.
Sen. Martha McSally spoke powerfully this week for many who kept silent out of confusion, shame, fear.
Opinion
Listen: Omar controversy continues
The Fifth District Democrat may be implicitly rebuked by her congressional colleagues. Hear the "Playing Politics" analysis from WCCO Radio's Chad Hartman and the Star Tribune Editorial Board's John Rash and D.J. Tice.
Cartoons
Editorial
Another study and more evidence that vaccinations, autism aren't linked
It's a timely dose of new proof for those who would rather flout science.
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg News (TNS)
Slow investigation of Trump may be Democrats' best bet
It could leave the president slowly twisting, and doesn't run the risk of energizing his base if he survived an impeachment attempt.
Letters
Readers Write: Shiftless shopping, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, the value of college, the American hemisphere
An energy-expenditure problem.
Editorial
It's Minnesota's time to move ahead with clean energy
Walz has set an ambitious goal of going carbon-free by 2050, and Minnesota can do it.
Paul Waldman, The Washington Post
The dishonest smearing of Ilhan Omar
Dual loyalty, and silence from critics, is precisely what the pro-Israel lobby demands, and what it is enforcing in the flogging of Omar.
Editorial, San Jose Mercury News
Democrats must offer a reasonable business case for health care
Any new approach must cut costs and improve outcomes.
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