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Letters
June 25, 2020
Packages of Dexamethasone are displayed in a pharmacy, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Omaha, Neb. Researchers in England said Tuesday they have the first

Readers Write: Coronavirus caution, mail-in voting, the police, public statues

Keep up the caution.
Jennifer Ho, Jodi Harpstead, Jan Malcolm and Cathy ten Broeke
June 24, 2020
Minneapolis park leaders on Wednesday said they would allow homeless residents to set up camp in local parks, a response to encampments in Powderhorn

All policy levers must be used to meet homelessness crisis

The crisis of homelessness doesn't have one solution. We need everything at our disposal to help end housing insecurity.
Cartoons
June 24, 2020
Sack cartoon: Barr code

Sack cartoon: Barr code

Editorial
June 24, 2020

Minnesota Legislature still has a long to-do list

Federal aid, bonding and policing remain on the list at the State Capitol.
June 24, 2020

Responding to a Texas-sized outbreak of COVID-19

Hospitals are nearing capacity, and state needs to be clearer on guidelines
Jerry Dittmann
June 24, 2020
Exterior Panels being replaced at U.S. Bank Stadium April 2020. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ • cgonzalez@startribune.com – Minneapolis, MN – April 29, 2020

The 'People's Stadium' could house homeless

Since U.S. Bank Stadium doesn't have much going on right now, it could be a solution.
Rachel Marsden, Tribune Content Agency
June 24, 2020
FILE -- Then National Security Advisor John Bolton in the Oval Office in Washington, July 19, 2019. Lawyers for the Justice Department and John Bolton

Good thing John Bolton's influence culminates only in a book

If he had succeeded in getting his president to embrace his war fetish, he probably wouldn't have written it.
Brian Dickerson, Detroit Free Press (TNS)
June 24, 2020
A person waves a rainbow flag in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, on Monday, June 15, 2020. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark ci

Stop the world! Justice Samuel Alito wants to disembark

His worries, and those of his Supreme Court colleagues, involve public restrooms and all the other places respect for LGBT people might lead.
Cartoons
June 23, 2020
Sack cartoon: Trump's COVID-19 testing strategy

Sack cartoon: Trump's COVID-19 testing strategy

Editorial
June 23, 2020
Victoria Conrad opens her arms to do a distant hug with her 99-year old father Howard Seitzer as they met for their first face-to-face visit since the

Proceed carefully with nursing home visits

It'll only work if visitors, residents and staff follow guidelines, including wearing masks.
June 23, 2020

In Chicago, "killing season" is off to a troubling start

City's reopening is a concern, but first cut violent crime.
Robert Moilanen
June 23, 2020
President Donald Trump walk up the steps of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Trump is heading to Arizona and is

Biden should reconsider his promise not to pardon Trump

It could be in the best interest of the country to move on — otherwise we may be subjected to years of investigations.
Shirley Leckie Reed
June 23, 2020
FILE - In this Dec. 19, 1939 file photo, a crowd gathers outside the Astor Theater on Broadway during the premiere of "Gone With the Wind" in New York

Counterpoint: The South may have lost the war, but its culture won

Americans accepted ideas pushed by books and media that supported racism.
Mary Kunesh-Podein
June 23, 2020
Monday February 18, 2013 was History Matters Day at the Minnesota State Capitol. Civil War re-enactors from Historic Fort Snelling were on hand standi

Counterpoint: We must see historical injustices clearly

It's a necessary step to combat modern inequities.
Letters
June 23, 2020
The Minneapolis Police Department Third Precinct, which was overrun and burned by protesters in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man who

Readers Write: The police, public transit, homelessness, press freedom

Protect and serve whom?
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