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Joe Nocera, Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
October 13, 2020
A Donald Trump sign hangs in the window in the town of Waynesburg near the West Virginia border on March 1, 2018 in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Waynesbu

Trump didn't save coal or steel. To be fair, no one could.

Presidents can't revive industries that are in structural decline.
John M. Crisp, Tribune News Service (TNS)
October 12, 2020
FILE - In this May 3, 2020, file photo the setting sun shines on the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court opens a n

Democrats should not answer the court packing question

But here's why it's an excellent idea.
Marcus Hunter II
October 12, 2020
FILE - In this May 31, 2020, file photo, protesters march away from the State Capitol, in St. Paul, Minn. A loose network of Facebook groups that took

Imagine you are a Black male teen in north Minneapolis

... walking down the street in your north Minneapolis neighborhood, afraid each step may be your last. Just like me.
Letters
October 12, 2020
I voted stickers await voters who cast their ballots during early voting at Minneapolis Elections and Voter Services Friday in Minneapolis. ] DAVID JO

Readers Write: Supreme Court, government, parallels between 1969 and 2020

Something else I'd like to know.
Opinion
October 12, 2020
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Editorial cartoon: Walt Handelsman on the White House staff

Joe Raiola, Seattle Times (TNS)
October 12, 2020
This 1969 photo shows musician John Lennon, right, and his wife Yoko Ono during a press conference. An album, "Gimme Some Truth" by John Lennon, will

Re-examining a flawed icon, John Lennon

When he was killed at the age of 40, he was learning how to be a better man.
Mary B. McCord
October 12, 2020
In a photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich., Thur

Plot against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shows the danger of private militias

These groups have no constitutional right to exist.
Steve Chapman
October 11, 2020
Florida Republican Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott have introduced a bill that would postpone clocks from "falling back" one hour until November of 2

The end of daylight saving time approaches. The question is, why?

It doesn't have to be this way. The clock, after all, is a human invention.
Conor Sen
October 11, 2020
FILE - In this March 16, 2020, file photo, Neal Browning receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COV

The next few months could shape our economic future

Momentum is crucial, but there is hope that 2021 will improve.
Cartoons
October 10, 2020
Sack cartoon: White House visitors

Sack cartoon: White House visitors

Cartoons
October 9, 2020
Sack cartoon: This is your brain on QAnon

Sack cartoon: This is your brain on QAnon

Herb Jackson, CQ-Roll Call (TNS)
October 9, 2020
University of Illinois students Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, walk past a mail-in ballot drop box that sits on the northwest corner of the university's Quad

All states must process mail-in ballots in advance. Here's why

A long delay between Election Day and the final count is an opportunity that America's enemies can exploit.
Editorial
October 9, 2020

A worthy Nobel for United Nations World Food Program

Concurrent crises have contributed to a growing imperative to feed those who are most in need.
Letters
October 9, 2020
Trees were ablaze in fall colors and the Minneapolis skyline glowing at dawn as rowers in single sculls glided across a still Lake Nokomis Thursday in

Readers Write: Minneapolis 2040 plan challenge, vice presidential debate, bike lanes

"Good" density is based on facts.
Dean Phillips and Dusty Johnson
October 9, 2020
The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, July 31, 2020. A federal judge on Thursday, Aug. 6, dismissed a suit filed by congressional Republicans again

Even now, some of us in Congress are trying to find bipartisan compromise to revive the economy

Some in Congress are working across the aisle to find a solution to the current crisis.

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