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Jonathan Zimmerman
May 20, 2022
After the recent mass shooting in Buffalo, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed to pressure social media platforms to monitor — and remove — hate spee

Fight hate with speech, not with censorship

However well-intended, suppression doesn't end well.
Lynn Schmidt, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 20, 2022
The statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in the main chamber of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

True leaders practice the art of persuasion

Others tweet out trash talk.
Opinion
May 19, 2022

Just in from space ...

It's been a big month of advancements in understanding our universe.
Editorial
May 19, 2022
Steve Hoeppner, left, and Kevin Gronseth, volunteers at Catholic Charities, put sheets on beds in Minneapolis on Monday.

Building momentum on affordable housing

Several new Twin Cities efforts will help meeting a growing need.
Steve Hunegs
May 19, 2022
Margo Litwin joins others in a march across the Brooklyn Bridge to support the city’s Jewish communities in the wake of a spate of anti-Semitic atta

Anti-Semitic tropes have no place in our politics

It is imperative that anti-Semitism be called out no matter who it's coming from.
Letters
May 19, 2022
Poll workers sort out early and absentee ballots on Election Day in 2020 in Kenosha, Wis.

Readers Write: Politics, Hamline Midway Library, environment

Slow, persistent pace required.
Multiple authors
May 19, 2022
The Minnesota State Capitol building in St. Paul.

Find room in the budget deal for communities of color

Investment is needed to combat the biases and institutionalized racism that prevents communities of color from succeeding in Minnesota.
Opinion
May 19, 2022
Editorial cartoon: Dave Granlund on the U.S. women's soccer team

Editorial cartoon: Dave Granlund on the U.S. women's soccer team

Jerome Johnson
May 19, 2022
The fate of the Twin Cities’ fourth light-rail project, the Bottineau Blue Line, remains uncertain.

Slow down plans for slow North Side light rail

Improvements to bus service could get riders to popular destinations as fast or faster than LRT would.
Paul Krugman
May 19, 2022
Many tech-savvy entrepreneurs “mine” cryptocurrency, receiving “coins” as a reward for lending computing power to help construct the underlyin

The point of cryptocurrencies remains a mystery

They have their speculative ups and downs — lately downs — but ultimately their value will have to rest on their underlying economic uses. Which are?
Opinion
May 18, 2022

Missed signals in New York

Buffalo shooter exhibited a number of red flags that could have prevented attack.
Frank Shyong
May 18, 2022
Crime scene tape outside the Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, Calif., after a shooting on May 15. On Sunday, a 68-year-old Asian man chaine

Taking shooters' 'ideas' seriously gives them toxic influence

These meaningless, senseless actions should remain just that.
LZ Granderson
May 18, 2022
On May 15, Aaron Jordan, of Buffalo, adds to a sidewalk chalk mural depicting the names of the people killed in a mass shooting at Tops Friendly Marke

Another shooting. What story will we tell ourselves this time?

It doesn't have to be true — it just has to be believed.
Opinion
May 18, 2022
Editorial cartoon: Jeff Koterba on mass shootings

Editorial cartoon: Jeff Koterba on mass shootings

Editorial
May 18, 2022
Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, right, entered the Hennepin County Public Safety Facility in June 2020 with attorney Earl Gray.

More accountability for Floyd's death

Healing and building a better Minneapolis police culture should follow ex-officer Thomas Lane's guilty plea.

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