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Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
Please, let's elect some younger U.S. senators
The problem isn't turnover so much as the age of those who are coming in.
Chris Reed, San Diego Union-Tribune (TNS)
How an 1871 civil rights law morphed into a police protection act
The law has been steadily weakened by judges — both liberal and conservative — discovering nuances.
Letters
Readers Write: Uptown shooting, city leadership, special session, Twin Metals
See why we need the police?
OSHA seems to be sitting out the pandemic
It should be protecting workers, but federal agency is missing in action.
Elijah Todd-Walden
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'Bad apple' theory is of little comfort to me
Those bad apples can, and do, kill young black men just like me.
Myron Orfield and Will Stancil
Editorial
Trump, Barr create a 'public spectacle' with firing
The sacking of Geoffrey S. Berman reflects ongoing politicization of the Justice Department.
Robin R. Bell and Paul D. Bauknight Jr.
Revamp the Upper Harbor project
If we want to see real change, this development needs to support its north Minneapolis community, not outside businesses.
D.J. Tice
Drew Westen
Democrats' problem is often not what they want to do but how they present it
They have a way of turning away potential supporters with the wrong language. For example, the phrase "defund the police."
Bruce Peterson
Counterpoint: Change for African-Americans is about more than sheer will
People of color face overpowering challenges in this country.
Editorial
Free press is under attack in the Philippines
U.S. must lead protest of Duterte's "outrageous crime" against news media freedom.
Cartoons
Editorial
DNR sends 'totally wrong signal' on access to secret copper mining study
Agency didn't leverage authority to free up scientific data kept secret by federal officials.
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