Archive for January 2012
Somali Women To Flex Political Muscle At MN Caucuses
Minnesota's Democratic party is reaching out to new citizens such as Somalis with lessons on how to navigate the state's sometimes confusing political caucus system.
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MN Employers Stuck With Bill For Construction Layoffs
Minnesota businesses are paying more in federal taxes because the state of Minnesota hasn't paid back loans it got from the federal government.
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“Martin Luther King Would Have Occupied Wall Street”
Dr. Martin Luther King would have embraced the Occupy Wall Street movement and spoken out against the current exploitative economic system, said Occupy the Hood.
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Not “Yes HE Can”, But “Yes WE Can” Says Rep. Ellison
Despite Republican congressional resistance that's made it difficult to make headway on progressive issues, Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison is optimistic about 2012.
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Somalis Close Wells Fargo Accounts To Protest Bank’s Lack Of Support
About 100 people, Somali Americans with their supporters from labor unions, and from citizen activist groups staged a noisy rally in front of the Wells Fargo branch at 3030 Nicollet…
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Orange Jumpsuited Torture Protestors March To St. Thomas Law School
Why were people in orange jumpsuits silently filing through the Minneapolis skyways? The answer may be ten years old, but those in the jumpsuits will tell you the problem is…
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Occupy Homes Takes Fight to MN Capitol and Nationwide
Occupy Homes activist Leslie Parks announced a rally that the Minnesota Coalition for a People's Bailout will hold on Jan. 24 at the Minnesota State Capitol to push for a…
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How Should We Pay For Campaigns & Elections?
Surprisingly most of the conservative voters we talked to in Iowa told us there should be some sort of limit on what corporations can do to influence elections.
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GOP Candidates Ignore Americans with Mental Disabilities
Rick Westendorf, an Iowan with a mental disability, said that the Republican candidates have not addressed the rights of Americans with mental disabilities.
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MN GOP Faces Campaign Finance Board Investigation
Minnesota Republicans have publicly owned up to some of their financial mistakes and that could mean more than a million dollars in fines if an investigation from the state Campaign…
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