Racial & Social Injustice

Banks Block Somali Financial Lifeline, Minnesotans Protest

Minnesota Somalis are now fighting banks who are refusing to allow them to wire the money home because the banks…

Franken Calls Net Neutrality Action “Inadequate”

By: Michael McIntee One of the Senate’s chief supporters of net neutrality, Senator Al Franken, finds fault with the new FCC Internet regulations. Franken issued a statement after today’s FCC vote saying: “The FCC’s action today is simply inadequate to protect consumers or preserve the free and open Internet. I am particularly disappointed to learn…

Minneapolis Jimmy John’s In Crosshairs Of AZ Boycott

Story by Bill Sorem A group of energetic young activists formed up in front of Jimmy John’s Sandwich Shop at 600 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, Monday afternoon, June 14. Jimmy John’s is headquartered in Arizona and is one of the businesses target as part of the Arizona boycott in answer to the passage of SB170, a…

RACIAL & SOCIAL INJUSTICE

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Senate Judiciary and Public Safety committee discusses anti-Semitism at the University of Minnesota

New Program Puts Power of Legislative Reporting in the Hands of Minnesota Youth

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