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Letter to the editor: An open letter to the Mayor

Letter to the editor: An open letter to the Mayor

by Letter to the Editor
Published August 8, 2019
The plan for an African Mall that you and Council Member Abdi Warsame wish to impose on Cedar Riverside will only create problems or worsen them in my neighborhood.
Blank: Solving climate change requires more than just solar panels

Blank: Solving climate change requires more than just solar panels

by Lew Blank
Published August 8, 2019
We need to rapidly reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, but the solution is more complicated than just building more renewables.

Editorial: In the age of Mueller, media literacy is increasingly important

by The Minnesota Daily Editorial Board
Published July 31, 2019
Complex social and political issues are often the centerpoint of national media coverage, but to what extent do they have the responsibility to convey those topics to the people?
Skoog: Vine gave us internet personalities and left us bad content

Skoog: Vine gave us internet personalities and left us bad content

by Caroline Skoog
Published July 30, 2019
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by detox teas and SugarBear Hair essentials.
The Relevance of Computer Science in Journalism

The Relevance of Computer Science in Journalism

by Letter to the Editor
Published July 29, 2019

In many ways, the diversity of computer science is unmatched. Once an inchoate and arcane subject sidelined by the much more sought-after ‘economics,’ not only has it supplanted it in popularity, but...

Was the U of M’s Task Force on Building Names the Victim of a Hoax? Did an Eminent U History Professor Frame the U of M Dean of Student Affairs?

Was the U of M’s Task Force on Building Names the Victim of a Hoax? Did an Eminent U History Professor Frame the U of M Dean of Student Affairs?

by Letter to the Editor
Published July 29, 2019
By Ian Maitland, a professor at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
Blank: The green line extension should’ve gone to low-income neighborhoods

Blank: The green line extension should’ve gone to low-income neighborhoods

by Lew Blank
Published July 24, 2019
The Green Line extension to Eden Prairie is a route to affluent suburbs, while it should have been designed to benefit low-income neighborhoods.

Skoog: No justice, no peace, more police?

by Caroline Skoog
Published July 23, 2019
Communities with high crime rates need more resources and goals of long-term crime prevention, not an increased police presence.
Skoog: Aziz Ansari has extended his Netflix olive branch — and maybe he is sorry

Skoog: Aziz Ansari has extended his Netflix olive branch — and maybe he is sorry

by Caroline Skoog
Published July 17, 2019
Cancel culture has lifted the veil of artistry from various captains of the entertainment industry. With the prevalence of take-down articles, Twitter confrontations, and calculated ‘wokeness,’ the media we choose to consume is becoming a political statement.

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