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Minneapolis school board candidate Don Samuels ready to take on the...
Sheila Regan TC Daily Planet After giving up his Minneapolis city council seat, which he had held since 2003, to run for mayor last year with an ambitious education platform, Don Samuels now throws his...
View ArticleCOMMUNITY VOICES | PolyMet supporters spread misinformation concerning...
Carla Arneson Community Voices Fear-mongering is the latest buzzword being used by the sulfide mining industry and its supporters, used to divert attention away from the toxic metal poisoning of our...
View ArticleNEWS DAY | Whitewashing Minnesota racism
Mary Turck News Day When is it NOT racist for a cab driver to refuse to stop for an African American person? Maybe when it's late at night? Or in a certain section of town? Or if the African American...
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Yearning & Midwestern Authors
tcol_cover.jpgTue, 07/15/2014 - 7:00pm - 8:30pmYearning… It’s a powerful word and even more powerful feeling, and it courses throughout The Conditions of Love, a well-received novel with strong...
View ArticlePresident Obama in Minneapolis Thursday and Friday
Eric FergusonPresident Obama will be making a couple public appearances in Minneapolis this week. On Thursday at 2:10 there’s town hall forum at Minnehaha Park, right near me but I have to work,...
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Summer reading: Bygone ethics underscore soil stewardship and conservation...
John White Recently a friend who happens to be a farmer asked, “When did you become so anti-farmer?”After my initial surprise and denial, and later, after subsequently rolling through the countryside,...
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Bottineau LRT Corridor mistakes
Elliot Altbaum Many people have written about the alignment of the SW LRT and the ensuing battles. Much less public attention, however has been placed on the Bottineau corridor in the Northwest. The...
View ArticleIndependence Day birthday greetings and a public spotlight on FOIA at 48
Mary TreacyOn my first day working in the DC office of OpenTheGovernment.org I was introduced to the security system, access code 7466. Colleagues seem bemused that I did not immediately recognize this...
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Resolving refugee crisis at border stymied by U.S. Policy
Deepinder Mayell The United States’ response to the refugee crisis that has developed at the US-Mexico border endangers the human rights of thousands of migrants. At the current pace, an estimated...
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Summer Group Show 2014
the_beach_at_mal_paso_small.jpgSat, 06/14/2014 - 12:00pm - Sat, 09/06/2014 - 4:00pmSummer Group Show 2014 Featuring the artists of the Kolman & Pryor Gallery:Betsy Ruth Byers: PaintingKate...
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Bike with a Ranger - The Mississippi River Gorge
bike_with_a_ranger.jpg.jpgSat, 07/12/2014 - 10:00am - 1:00pmBiking is a great way to explore the Mississippi River on a guided tour by a national park ranger! This is a new route. While Harriet...
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River Action Volunteer Event - Canoeing
canoe.jpgSat, 07/19/2014 - 9:00am - 1:00pmThe northern stretch of the Mississippi River above Coon Rapids is home to heron rookeries, scenic views, and many river islands. Join us on this canoeing RAVE...
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Bike with a Ranger - Stone Arch Bridge Tour
ranger_dan_participants_0.jpgSat, 07/19/2014 - 10:00am - 1:00pmSee the Mississippi River's only major waterfall and explore the great river's only gorge. We will ride through urban parks while...
View ArticleVideo: Obama tours the Twin Cities
The Uptake Obama goes to Matt's bar in Minneapolis to meet a woman who wrote him a letter about her economic troubles. He has a Juicy Lucy hamburger and later gets ice cream at the Grand Ole Creamery...
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River City Revue - Fishing Trip with the Soap Factory
wiggins.jpgWed, 07/23/2014 - 6:30pmFor this bus tour edition of River City Revue, we'll meet some of the fishermen and -women themselves, along with park rangers, naturalists, chefs, fishing...
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Bike with a Ranger - River Confluence Route
14304735779_7369188372_k.jpgSat, 07/26/2014 - 10:00am - 1:00pmBiking is a great way to explore the Mississippi River on a guided tour by a national park ranger! This route circles the confluence of the...
View ArticleUpdate: Restoring local authority to build community networks
Christopher MitchellIt has been a busy few weeks for those of focused on restoring local authority to communities over the matter of building Internet networks. But for those of you who are just...
View ArticleWhat was lost
Lisa GrayWalking around the valley on a spring day used to be so peaceful. A bird chirped, a car idled past me, and occasionally the faint muffled cry of a baby drifted through the air. Most often I...
View ArticlePolitics plaguing school lunches
Nick Stumo-Langer If you haven’t heard, the national 2010 legislation requiring schools to include more whole grains, vegetables and fruits at the cost of gradually reducing starch, sodium and...
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Going to jail as solidarity
Steve ClemensI spent 20 hours on the boundary between discomfort and pain. I thought of Martin Luther King writing about redemptive suffering and offered my time in the noisy, cold, boring void of the...
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