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.
This page contains an archive of letters MinnPost has published from readers. We no longer publish letters, but we encourage you to submit a Community Voices piece or add your comments to stories published on the site. For other inquiries, please visit our Contact Us page.
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.
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.
Today’s “New Deal” should harness the powers of the market and American innovation so we can save America from a financial collapse while also saving the world from an environmental collapse.
Minnesotans long ago figured out how to survive brutal winters, so Minnesotans definitely have the innovation it takes to create a new way of powering our lives.
Let’s follow the recommendations of Metro Transit, whose service improvement plan details the investments needed to improve service quality and frequency.
The RCAC put significant effort into recruiting outstanding, diverse and qualified candidates – and that work paid off this year.
I’m heartened that the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act was introduced in both the House and Senate during the last session, the first bipartisan climate bill in nearly a decade.
This issue is going to require political will from the entire community. Exactly how that might dovetail with American capitalism in 2019 is an open question.
It’s time to put aside our party affiliations and act together as Americans to assure a better future.
Unfortunately, increased visitation, aging facilities and inconsistent federal funding have taken a toll. Right now, national parks in Minnesota need $17.8 million for infrastructure repairs.
This involves putting a steadily rising fee on oil, coal and natural gas and returning all of the money to the American people in a monthly dividend check.
Increasing housing density without corresponding due attention to green space, parklands and the needs of wildlife and plants creates an unhealthy environment for people and all living things.
Such a tax could limit medications and increase health-care costs for the thousands of people across Minnesota with legitimate pain management needs.
Erik Paulsen attacks again, falsely, might I add. Recently I received a flier telling me that Dean Phillips is “heartless” because when he was “in charge,” 12,000 nurses went on […]
We live in a world so advanced in technology, but a world that will apparently always be ruled by those who can shout the loudest and longest.
How much are we willing to sacrifice in terms of long-term, irreparable environmental destruction, for short-term economic gain?
Mining will undo all the hard work our government has done to protect this wilderness since it was first referred to as the Superior Roadless Primitive Area (SRPA) in 1938.
Why do current representatives stay silent when others produce and publicize scurrilous, factually distorted or completely wrong TV ads against their opponents?
We need to reform the license fees now when it comes to opioid dispensing.
There is certainly an immediate need for a legislative solution, but the tax considered by the Legislature is irrational.