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Editorial
April 22
From left, U.S. Reps. Nathaniel Moran, R-Texas; Tom Kean Jr, R-N.J.; Bill Keating, D-Mass.; and Madeleine Deane, D-Pa., speak to journalists during a

Aid votes show Congress can still work

But it's unfortunate that four members of Minnesota's delegation failed to see the big picture.
Letters
April 22
Readers Write: Cellphones in schools, potholes, child abuse, good journalism

Readers Write: Cellphones in schools, potholes, child abuse, good journalism

No phones in school. Duh.
MJ Weiss
April 22
View of the Washington Avenue Bridge looking across the river toward Minneapolis.

Do more to deter suicide at the Washington Avenue Bridge

My daughter was among those who have ended their lives there.
Opinion
April 22
Editorial cartoon: Lessons on antisemitism

Editorial cartoon: Lessons on antisemitism

Naomi Breazeale
April 22
Demonstrators hold an End Jewish Hatred protest outside  the campus of Columbia University in New York on April 17.

When is it antisemitism? Jewish people are in the best position to know.

It is not the place of non-Jews to explain it to one of the most persecuted ethnic groups in human history.
Abdulrahman Bindamnan
April 22
New York City police officers in riot gear stand guard as demonstrators chant slogans outside the Columbia University campus, Thursday, April 18, 2024

Censorship is being censored at Columbia

Once a group accords itself the prerogative to regulate speech, it will eventually be weaponized in return.
Matthew Waxman and Adam Klein
April 22
The headquarters of the FBI in Washington.

Government surveillance keeps us safe, and Congress just improved it

There are ways to prevent abuses without compromising national security value. Over the weekend, a bipartisan Congress voted for numerous helpful reforms.
the Editorial Board of the New York Daily News
April 21

Let USC valedictorian give her speech

Though it's understandable that her anti-Israel stances are controversial on Southern California campus.
Letters
April 21
Donald Trump, left, and Joe Biden are pictured in separate shots during the first presidential debate in the 2020 election cycle. They may not debate

Readers Write: Presidential debates, mental health, copper wire theft, Hennepin County Board, films

Let the debates go on — with a couple drug tests first.
Jeremy Wells
April 21
"I have the privilege of witnessing firsthand the ways in which Minnesota companies are inspiring generosity through many different strategies," Jerem

Counterpoint: Yes, corporate philanthropy has changed — and that's not necessarily a bad thing

Here's what can be gained when people are open to the evolution.
Melanie Bera Anderson, John Hauschild and Travis Kelly
April 21
President Joe Biden speaks virtually during an event in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington on July 25, 2022. Biden sp

CHIPS Act, good as it was, doesn't fully enable a domestic supply chain

Companies in Minnesota and Wisconsin illustrate the situation.
multiple authors
April 21
The entrance to the campus of the University of Minnesota. (Ken Wolter/Dreamstime/TNS) ORG XMIT: 1240335 ORG XMIT: MIN1809121916043526

Counterpoint: Why University of Minnesota employees need the right to unionize — now

PELRA reform is not merely a "nice gesture."
the Editorial Board of The Wall Street Journal
April 21

Right, wrong ways to prosecute Jan. 6 rioters

Throw the book at them, but don't use Sarbanes-Oxley to hold them accountable.
Opinion
April 20
Editorial cartoon: RFK Jr. left behind

Editorial cartoon: RFK Jr. left behind

James P. Lenfestey
April 20
President Joe Biden speaks in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington Nov. 14, 2023, about climate change, as Ritika Shah,

A voter's guide to the climate crisis

The choice is really not agonizing. Or shouldn't be.
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