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Robin Washington: This story bears repeating
Last Thursday — Sept. 1, 2011 — a black bear made the front page of the News Tribune in the article, “Face to face with a bear!” And on Sept. 1, 2010, a similar photo of another bear (we can’t guarantee it wasn’t the same one) occupied the same spot in that day’s paper.
Sunday, September, 04, 2011 - Duluth News Tribune - News

Robin Washington column: Daughter gets hitched without a hitch
It was cold and drizzly all week and, in the Massachusetts equivalent of what we’re used to in Duluth, even cooler by the ocean. Yet the bride was being optimistic, if pragmatic.
Sunday, June, 12, 2011 - Duluth News Tribune - News

Robin Washington column: Excuse me, but is this the black opera conference?
In December 1995, in an attempt to erase the legacy of stage-door bigotry that for decades had turned away untold numbers of world-class performers merely on the basis of race, the National Opera Association dedicated its conference in honor of African American baritones, tenors, coloratura sopranos and others who overcame indignities to shine among the brightest stars of the operatic world.
Sunday, September, 25, 2011 - Duluth News Tribune - News

Robin Washington: Joyful Jewish stories from around the world
If you make it to the Silver Memorial lecture at Temple Israel tonight, you might be lucky enough to get some of the prison bread.
Sunday, June, 05, 2011 - Duluth News Tribune - News

Facing prison for fraud, Twin Ports woman's life comes to an abrupt end
A prominent Minneapolis attorney called Frances Emily Jones a “classic hard-luck case.” On the same day that the Superior Telegram reported that Jones was involved in an identity-theft ring allegedly responsible for stealing more than $2 million, she was killed in a traffic accident on slippery roads in the Village of Superior.
Tuesday, January, 31, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News

Duluth Central grad, Houston’s music director: 'She's at peace'
The Grammy Awards paid tribute to Whitney Houston, and Jennifer Hudson sang "I Will Always Love You" on Sunday. Meanwhile, Michael Baker, a 1975 Duluth Central High School graduate who went on to become a drummer to some of pop’s biggest stars and Houston’s music director, shared his own memories.
Monday, February, 13, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News

Reader's view: Media helps hatemongers spread their message
In a column, News Tribune Editor Robin Washington told us residents should have boycotted the white supremacist group when it visited Duluth (“Supremacists should have been left alone in the snow,” March 4).
Wednesday, March, 07, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - Opinion

Reader's view: Anti-racism community urged Occupy Duluth to be peaceful
News Tribune Editor Robin Washington deserved thanks for his March 4 column, “Supremacists should have been left alone in the snow.”
Wednesday, March, 07, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - Opinion

Reader's view: Newspaper downplayed nonviolent event
I was very disappointed with the last paragraph of Editor Robin Washington’s column in the March 4 paper (“Supremacists should have been left alone in the snow”).
Wednesday, March, 07, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - Opinion

Reader's view: Column served only to revisit painful experiences
The column on the front page of the Nov. 27 Local News section regarding the pictures the News Tribune uses with stories was in extremely poor taste (Robin Washington: “When the mugshot tells story and when it does not”).
Monday, December, 05, 2011 - Duluth News Tribune - Opinion

Show love to white supremacists
ROBIN WASHINGTON: I can’t speak for anyone else, but I’m feeling good about the visit of the Supreme White Alliance to Duluth on March 3.
Sunday, February, 26, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News

Supremacists should have been left alone in the snow
ROBIN WASHINGTON: White power — the kind that falls in flakes from the sky — would have done a fine job rendering the Supreme White Alliance
Sunday, March, 04, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News

When the mugshot tells the story, and when it does not
ROBIN WASHINGTON: If you or a friend or loved one should ever face a criminal situation that makes it in the paper, you can have some control over the sort of image portrayed
Sunday, November, 27, 2011 - Duluth News Tribune - News

The week Lake County almost went nuclear
ROBIN WASHINGTON COLUMN: The best thing about finding references in the Lake County News-Chronicle to my brief tenure as editor there a generation ago is that I’m not in the obituaries. But almost.
Sunday, December, 11, 2011 - Duluth News Tribune - News

Racism easy to see with a little help
ROBIN WASHINGTON: Chuck Horton was not at all thrilled with the Un-Fair Campaign when it started, but has since changed his view.
Sunday, February, 05, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News

1980s shock doc still relevant today
ROBIN WASHINGTON: Due to a scheduling conflict, Duluth’s high-art intellectuals were able to enjoy only about four hours of “Gotterdammerung” yesterday.
Sunday, February, 12, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News

Supreme Court should leave daylight saving time alone
ROBIN WASHINGTON: Putting aside the health insurance argument for a moment, the plaintiffs’ citation of a time not of our own choosing reveals what must be their true intent: to repeal daylight saving time.
Sunday, April, 01, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News

Occupy and Tea Party find something to argue about — and agree on
ROBIN WASHINGTON: What could the Tea Party and Occupy Duluth possibly agree on? To my surprise, and humility, it’s me.
Sunday, April, 29, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News

Your safety announcements may be used as a comedy device
ROBIN WASHINGTON: The safety instructions on a recent Delta flight from Minneapolis to Duluth made for a late-night comedy routine, leaving most passengers in stitches, myself included.
Sunday, May, 20, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - News

Local view: News Tribune remembers Paula Bergren
"...Not only did (Paula) convince people to take the paper who I never thought would — and all seven days, usually, when I thought they'd only go for Sunday — she made me realize how important it was for people to start their day with it..." — Robin Washington, Editor
Sunday, January, 22, 2012 - Duluth News Tribune - Opinion

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