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John P. Gwinn
An Italian explorer Minnesota could love
Count Constantino Giacomo Beltrami searched for the source of the Mississippi River.
David Feinwachs
Robert P. Peacock
For transformative policing strategies — look abroad, Minneapolis
We can look to Europe for examples of reform.
Editorial Board
International students get the boot, and it's not just their loss
They'll have to leave, Trump administration decides, if the only classes offered to them are online only.
Editorial, Mankato Free Press
Help the hungry as pandemic's economic impact grows
An additional 275,000 Minnesotans are expected to face food insecurity.
Editorial
When art gives voice to grief, rage
In Minneapolis, intersection is a gathering place to mourn George Floyd's death.
Letters
Readers Write: Trump at Mount Rushmore, the national anthem, monuments, Black Lives Matter
Live by Trump's predecessors' words, not his.
Susan Kent
The Minnesota Senate should not be for sale to extremist anti-choice groups
Senate Republicans quietly met to pass a resolution to hire an outside law firm.
William J. Hardacker
Counterpoint: The Dakota people aren't prepared to forget or forgive genocide
D.J. Tice's strained argument minimizes the long list of corrupt deals and broken promises that led to the tragic events of 1862.
Brandi Bennett
Visit my neighborhood and tell me we should dismantle MPD
Crime is skyrocketing in my downtown Minneapolis neighborhood and I no longer feel safe walking to and from work.
Noah Smith
The rich and privileged can revolt, too
A consideration of the battle within the 1% — and why it's important.
Eli Lake, Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
The war on terror survives Rand Paul's attempt to end it
The 2001 authorization should not be scrapped altogether, but it should be amended.
Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg Opinion.
Stop bashing polls and learn how to read them
Your questions answered; your doubts (with any luck) assuaged.
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