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Mark Johnson
September 28, 2020
The Minneapolis Police Third Precinct station was evacuated and destroyed May 28, 2020, after George Floyd's death in police custody. (Aaron Lavinsky/

If leaders really wanted to restore trust in the city's police officers, they'd stop lying about us

Elected officials have made baseless claims that we are shirking our duties as officers.
Khuram Ghumman, Hartford Courant (TNS)
September 28, 2020
The American flag flies at half staff over the U.S. Capitol as the flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives, where Ginsburg will lie

The problem isn't the Republicans or Democrats; it's 'ethical fading'

It's the phenomenon in which unethical decisions are believed to be well within one's own ethical framework. And it's widespread.
Editorial
September 27, 2020

Best disinformation defense? You.

Judgment needed as Russia, China, Iran and domestic actors attack the 2020 election.
John M. Crisp, Tribune News Service (TNS)
September 27, 2020
This 1876 engraving by W.L. Ormsby shows a version of the painting "Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776" by John Trumbull. To many, the notion

In 'patriotic' education, pride overcomes shame

Trump's initiative for a "pro-American curriculum" could lead to super-nationalism.
Editorial
September 26, 2020

Don't ignore Trump's election threat

Americans shouldn't let the president undermine the electoral process.
Cartoons
September 26, 2020
Sack cartoon: One quick favor ...

Sack cartoon: One quick favor ...

David Lebedoff
September 26, 2020
The flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in state in the U.S. Capitol on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Ginsburg died at the age of 87 on S

How RBG almost missed being a justice

Her nuanced view of Roe v. Wade made her appear too moderate to some.
Faye Flam, Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
September 25, 2020
FILE -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Feb. 28, 2020. Just days after publishing significant new guidance on

CDC's retraction of 'airborne' added to its record of poor messaging

The agency, once seen around the world as a model, has made a mess of its messaging during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times (TNS)
September 25, 2020
People pay their respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the Supreme Court in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. President Donald Tru

Republicans' advantage in Supreme Court choice is theirs to press

Republicans' ruthless drive to fill high court seat provoke unsettling threats of court packing, an end to the filibuster, new states.
Editorial
September 25, 2020

Minnesotans need to help state track COVID's course

It's irresponsible to resist testing because a positive result would disrupt your life.
Letters
September 25, 2020
There is a painting in the Governor's Reception Room at the Minnesota State Capitol that depicts the First Minnesota Volunteer Regiment's historic fir

Readers Write: Trump's Civil War comments, Walz and COVID, Catholicism, old buses

They died for the Union, Mr. Trump.
Letters
September 25, 2020
Voters line up outside of the Minneapolis early voting center on Friday, Sept. 18, 2002, as Minnesota opened early voting for the general election. (A

Readers Write: 2020 election, Trump's potential loss, Minneapolis police

Vote. It's easy and safe.
Emily Wagner
September 25, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 24, 2020. Pelosi, under pressure from moderate Democrats to redouble effort

Health care for detainees needs full investigation

Reports of involuntary operations recall a horrific past that included coerced contraceptive procedures and experimentation.
September 25, 2020

Congress needs to act now to extend census deadlines

Pandemic and politics have upended the critical 20202 count.
Cartoons
September 25, 2020
Sack cartoon: If we follow health protocols ...

Sack cartoon: If we follow health protocols ...

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