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multiple authors
March 25
Palestinians inspect the damage of residential buildings after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/F

How we as Christians have contributed over the ages to Mideast violence

As faith leaders, our repentance during Holy Week will focus on our responsibility toward Gaza.
Opinion
March 25
Editorial cartoon: Russian tragedy

Editorial cartoon: Russian tragedy

Letters
March 25
The campus of Macalester College in warmer times.

Readers Write: Liberal arts education, Uber and Lyft, TikTok

Don't be so myopic.
Editorial
March 25
People place flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the Crocus City Hall on the western outskirts of Moscow on Monday in the wake of terror attac

Moscow attack shows terrorism endures

And Putin's deflection to Ukraine reinforces the need for Western, U.S. resolve.
F.D. Flam
March 25
Travelers pass a sign near a COVID-19 testing site in Terminal E at Logan Airport, on Dec. 21, 2021, in Boston.

U.S. needs a 9/11-style commission for COVID

We're in need of an independent, bipartisan analysis of our early response.
the Editorial Board of the New York Daily News
March 25

Reddit does things the right way

Successful IPO spotlights a social media platform that does things the right way.
Maureen Dowd
March 25
James Carville, the veteran Democratic political consultant and pundit, at home in New Orleans. Carville has long been warning progressives about gett

James Carville, the Cajun who can't stop ragin'

He remembers when politics was "fun." At 79, he says, he's too old to hate. And certainly too old to start giving trigger warnings.
David Brooks
March 25
Israeli soldiers in Kfar Azza, Israel, on Oct. 27, 2023.

What would you have Israel do to defend itself?

Is there a better military strategy to defeat Hamas without a civilian blood bath? I've been talking with security and urban warfare experts and scouring foreign policy and security journals.
Sam Downs
March 24
Hundreds of people chanted slogans together and listened to speakers during the rally at the State Capitol. The Anti-War Committee and other groups or

Speaking out against injustice is too much for academic leaders?

That's not what I learned at Macalester, whose president now recommends restraint.
Letters
March 24
A wintry view of the Uptown neighborhood at Hennepin Avenue and Lake Street last February.

Readers Write: Uptown parking, straw buyers, wind energy, Apple antitrust lawsuit

Think creatively about that YWCA parking garage.
Catherine Ahlin-Halverson
March 24
"In response to these calls to ban books and silence the voices of the LGBTQ+ community, the St. Louis Park school board has come up with a model poli

Balancing parents' opt-out requests and LGBTQ+ rights

St. Louis Park school board offers a model, but the Legislature should do more to ensure such requests aren't based solely on avoiding instruction that represents protected groups.
Jason George and Jim Schultz
March 24
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Let's team up on permitting reform

Other states have similar high environmental standards but have efficient permitting systems, and we can do the same.
the Editorial Board at Bloomberg Opinion
March 24
A row of wooden crosses off Las Vegas Boulevard bears the names of those killed during the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting in the city.

Congress should ban bump stocks

The Supreme Court seems divided on the issue, and lives are at stake.
the Editorial Board of the Chicago Tribune
March 24
An advertisement for Bitcoin cryptocurrency is displayed on a street in Hong Kong

Crypto's comeback belies future risks

Exchanges and trading firms are just starting to bring order to what was a cryptocurrency free-for-all.
Loren Robert Thacker
March 23
Students protest efforts to end diversity, equity and inclusion programs in Texas.

The future of DEI: Without defining terms, confusion

The components of the acronym can mean different things to different people. So it's not good enough to be simply for or against.
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