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Fresh thinking needed on fighting crime

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman arrived for work in late December. Freeman told an Star Tribune editorial writer that there is a misperception t

First step is for law enforcement to stop the infighting.

Ethnic studies will turn schools into extremist boot camps

People protest against critical race theory being taught in schools at a rally in Leesburg, Va., on June 12.

We need to hold our leaders accountable for our children's education.

Democracy's dangers include redistricting

The Minnesota State Capitol building in St. Paul.

And Minnesota shouldn't become complacent in our safety just because our courts tend to lead the charge.

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John Rash

U.S.-Israel political parallels (and perils)

New leaders in Jerusalem and Washington will contend with a bilateral relationship that's become more political than diplomatic.

John Rash

Political science — and science — help guide NATO

Bryan Wells, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's chief scientist, talks about the evolving role of science in the Western alliance.

Editorial

A Katz’s Deli employee, left, checks proof of vaccination from customers who will be eating inside the famous New York City restaurant in August.

Lessons learned from vaccine mandates

Make it safer to use public transit

Discipline key to Russia diplomacy

Need a COVID test? Don't clog up ERs

Opinion Exchange

“In December 2020, the idea that state lawmakers could reject the presidential electors of the candidate who won fairly and squarely at the ballot b

The alternate Electoral College slates of 2020, and why they matter

Why I'm running for attorney general

Innovation will lead to public safety reform

Why I'm running for governor of Minnesota

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Readers Write: Crow Wing County, democracy vs. autocracy, Clyde Bellecourt

Looking for fraud in all the wrong places.

In honor of Clyde Bellecourt — Thunder Before the Storm

He was a beloved leader in the struggle for Indigenous civil rights.

Echoes of Stalinist past as Russia silences its top human rights group

The Kremlin's closing of Memorial, dedicated in part to chronicling Stalin-era crimes, says much about the Putin era and the power of individuals and art, like Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "Gulag Archipelago," in piercing repression.

Readers Write: Remote learning (or lack thereof)

Difficult, but what else is there?

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Extend the expanded federal child tax credit

Inaction will set back efforts to lift the next generation out of poverty.