The hypocrisy of extremism within China
It would be in China’s best interest to satisfy the fundamental rights of all of its people, regardless of ideological preference.
Letters
Restore Our Parks Act is what Americans want, and what our parks deserve
Passage of the Restore Our Parks Act would deliver a win that fixes our parks, supports job creation, and invests needed money into infrastructure. It’s what the American people want and what our national parks deserve.
It’s still far too easy for dangerous people to acquire guns
Any effort to control the acquisition of guns by criminals will be hamstrung without universal criminal background check legislation to require background checks on all sales, including private transactions.
SNAP benefits are critical to addressing food insecurity and hunger
A proposed rule would not only take Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits away from 3 million people but would also jeopardize access to free school meals for 500,000 children.
Don’t just vote — share your opinions and concerns with elected officials
Congressional offices tally every issue that the people in their district contact them about.
Professional staff serve in vital roles at the U of M
Currently, P&A make up about one-quarter of U of M employees and are represented in all 20 job families throughout the university system.
Minnesota Senate refuses to consider bill that would help prevent suicides
Nationally, the rate of suicide has increased by 30 percent since 1999, and Minnesota has paralleled the national trend, according to CDC data.
Winning in 2020 must be the top priority for Democrats
Out of all the crises facing the United States, none of them can be properly tackled without removing Donald Trump from the White House and Republicans from power up and down the ballot.
Urgently reducing greenhouse gas emissions and funding adaptation should be a top priority
President Donald Trump declares that his “highest duty is to keep America safe,” yet he dismisses the threat posed by global warming.
Homebuyers and renters should know flood history of property
As an emergency management professional, I find it unacceptable that people in our country can buy or rent a home without knowing if it was previously under water.
Minnesota will need fossil-fuel infrastructure for a long time to come
Climate change activists have long said that combustion engines are on the way out. While that may happen sometime in the future, it is naïve to think the change will happen overnight.
If impeachment is pursued, there can be no mistakes
The smart thing to do is to continue the death-by-a-thousand-investigations approach.
Northeast Minnesota doesn’t need copper sulfide mining to thrive
Please, let’s not assume that corporate mining profits are good for Minnesota. Let’s change the paradigm and work toward a healthy and thriving community of small businesses.
Alternatives to school suspension are effective
Non-exclusionary disciplinary policies teach kids how to be responsible for their own behavior and take ownership of their education.
Words matter: Let’s update our language on gun violence prevention
“Gun control” is outdated and divisive language that mischaracterizes the intent of today’s gun violence prevention movement.
Women are still a long way from wage parity
April 2 is Equal Pay Day, the date that marks how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned the year before.
Trump’s gag rule on doctors is a disastrous policy
We must reject the Trump-Pence administration’s attack on the nation’s family planning program and fight back against this new attempt to deny communities in Minnesota access to reproductive health care.
Voters should pick their representatives, not the other way around
We now have an opportunity to set up a different system where we the people actually can have some control over the process.
We need background checks for all gun sales and transfers
We’ve reached a point in this country where our children are begging the adults to do something about gun violence to keep them from being shot in their schools.
Omar’s commitment to human rights is heartening
We believe that Rep. Ilhan Omar’s knowledge of Central American and her own history as a refugee will assist the U.S. in developing a foreign policy that is more sensitive to human rights and more humane to refugees.
