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GLEN TAYLOR, Star Tribune Owner
May 16, 2020

Glen Taylor: Now more than ever, this newspaper is essential to Minnesota

A thank-you to readers and advertisers and to all who make this 'daily miracle' happen.
Cartoons
May 15, 2020
Sack cartoon: Reservations

Sack cartoon: Reservations

Editorial
May 15, 2020

What's a Major League Baseball season worth?

It would be good to have the game back this summer. There's a plan, but there are obstacles.
Jill Burcum
May 15, 2020
A Red Cross demonstration in Washington during the influenza pandemic of 1918. Nearly everyone who survived the 1918 flu pandemic, which claimed at le

My great-grandfather wasn't hit by the first wave of the 'Spanish flu,' but the second

Memories of that pandemic and its survivors give rise to worries.
Letters
May 15, 2020

Readers Write: Students' contributions in COVID-19 fight, face masks, job losses in middle age, Twin Metals mining proposal

We're all in it together, and these students are on the right side.
Editorial
May 15, 2020

Homeless camps are a growing problem in the Twin Cities

Ramsey and Hennepin counties need more resources to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
May 15, 2020
Then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington in February 2017.

Obama misstated the facts on Michael Flynn

Former president also ignored the role his administration played in the investigation.
Letters
May 15, 2020
An empty swing set sat on the beach behind Cragun's Resort on Gull Lake on Monday. ] ALEX KORMANN • alex.kormann@startribune.com Resorts around Minn

Readers Write: Reopening, Trump's leadership, the Electoral College

A dial, not a switch, is the right metaphor.
Theresa Keaveny
May 15, 2020
Hogs are kept in a barn, ready to be sold on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, at Prestige Pork in Inwood, Iowa. Mike Ver Steeg, 47, runs Prestige Pork, with t

Crisis shows how our farm-food economy needs to be transformed

We can have a system that serves equitably for all.
Mark Tranvik
May 15, 2020
A choir member celebrates Easter Mass, which was live streamed, at a nearly empty St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, Sunday, April 12, 2020. Chris

Coronavirus pandemic: God speaks to us in the challenges he sends

Here's some of what I hear him saying.
David Unmacht
May 15, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump signs H.R. 748, the CARES Act in the Oval Office of the White House on March 27, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Earlier on Frida

Cities, towns must not be left out of emergency relief.

None of Minnesota's 853 cities met CARES Act eligibility.
Editorial
May 15, 2020
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, during his speech Wednesday night to the state. Photo by the State of Minnesota.

Minnesota's next reopening phase offers promise and risk

State needs to get economy restarted, but business and individuals must still act responsibly.
Cartoons
May 15, 2020
Sack cartoon: To the class of 2020

Sack cartoon: To the class of 2020

Chris Penwell
May 15, 2020
Empty School Hallway with Student Lockers

Kids need to get back in school to stay safe

Disadvantaged children are at a high risk for child abuse.
Letters
May 15, 2020
Kyle Eaton, the lead pastor at Rock Hill community church, preached to a nearly empty room while being live streamed. The only people in the seats wer

Readers Write: Resuming religious services, federal aid to states

Reopening will not make our community whole.
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