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Minneapolis doesn't need a National Guard occupation
Its presence last year only led to more violence and gave little benefit to the city.
Bracing for trial with ample time to prepare
Local and state officials appear to have a good public safety strategy for Chauvin trial.
Minneapolis needs reformers, not performers
Empty promises have taken center stage ahead of true policy change.
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The definition of "zip"
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John Rash
Ending the 'forever internment system' of Guantanamo Bay
New film "The Mauritanian," which depicts a detainee's ordeal, comes amid President Joe Biden's bid to close the U.S. detention facility.
Lori Sturdevant
Voter ID is back to haunt Minnesota democracy
The rejection of a constitutional amendment in 2012 should have been persuasive to proponents of this bad idea, but it wasn't.
Editorial
Caution on return to schools is the safest approach
A natural gas fiasco
The unconvincing case to disband the Minneapolis Police Department
Biden's Cabinet picks face new standards in divided Senate
Opinion Exchange
Making ourselves worthy of our vaccine
Stop fueling far-fetched COVID fears
Criminal justice reform student contest: Third place, middle school
Criminal justice reform student contest: Second place, middle school
Letters
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Requiem for a hipster, Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The poet and bookseller shaped the future of counterculture.
Readers Write: Solar power, air pollution, garbage, Texas outages and violins
Workable, but not perfect.
Caution on return to schools is the safest approach
Yes, students need to be back in the classroom, but care was critical in COVID decisionmaking.
Readers Write: The Derek Chauvin trial, Rondo, rural grocers
The debate over what the jury faces.
Stop fueling far-fetched COVID fears
We have more information than we did at the start of the pandemic, and it's past time to put debunked theories behind us.
Sack cartoon: The definition of "zip"
Making ourselves worthy of our vaccine
We are a species with the ability to significantly sway the systems of our planet, and we can choose how to use that power.