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Twin Cities’ retail cleaning workers set deadline for June strike
Retail cleaning workers who work for contracted companies cleaning Target and other stores in the Twin Cities announced last week that they are set to walk off the job again if employers continue to refuse to open dialogue with them and the Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha (CTUL), a Minneapolis workers center that has been organizing the workers for three years.Add a comment
Transitions: From foster care to life on their own
Life on one’s own is a daunting task.It is even more daunting for young adults who h...
Rose McGee wins fight to stay in her home
McGee has been in a well-chronicled, yearlong battle with CitiMortgage to stop the foreclo...
Governor signs same sex marriage bill into law; takes effect Aug. 1
With a throng of nearly 6,000 supporters on hand at the Capitol, Gov. Mark Dayton signed i...
May is Mental Health Month
Pathway to Wellness is the theme for this year's "May is Mental Health Month" campaign. Fo...Rally demands strong Homeowners’ Bill of Rights
ST. PAUL (May 15, 2013) —More than 200 Minnesotans filled the rotunda of the State Capitol urging legislators to bring a strong Homeowners’ Bill of Rights to the floors of the House and Senate for a v...RJ "The Beast" Chakolis
Over the last two seasons Richard "RJ" Chakolis, Jr. has been amazing.
His wrestling record is 100-1 in Folkstyle Wrestling. He has won back-to-back city championships for Farview Park. He is a two tim...
Don't jeopardize stronger families and safer communities
Martha Wright is an 87-year-old grandmother and a retired nurse. When her grandson, Ulandis Forte, went to prison in 1994, she was determined to keep in touch. Wright knew her grandson had made a mist...
Johnson launches campaign to end payday lending and encourage low interest rate borrowing alternatives
Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies announced plans for an education awareness campaign designed to convince minority organizations, elected officials, and public interest gro...
Superintendent announces priorities to shift the educational experience at MPS
Dr. Bernadeia Johnson, superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS), announced priorities Monday to reshape the educational experience for all students in the state’s third largest school distri...
Jon Jon Scott on all things music
Jon Jon Scott has an opinion on just about everything.
"But I don't offer it unless someone asks," said Scott, the 47-year-old former bassist who mans the counter at the iconic Electric Fetus record st...
May is National Hepatitis Awareness Month
Health officials advise all people between the age of 48 and 68 to get a hepatitis C testIn observance of Hepatitis Awareness Month (May), health officials are calling for all U.S. baby boomers - the ...
Sabathani broadband lab teaches technology as job finding tool
Computers are taking over the world. In recent years technology use has been growing exponentially in almost all areas of life. It infiltrates our jobs, our homes, our schools and even our personal re...
Maximize your harvest this season despite limited time, space and energy
Increase your garden's productivity even when space, time and energy are limited. Just follow these six simple planting, maintenance and harvesting techniques for a more bountiful harvest.
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Summer Food Service Program at Excell Academy For Higher Learning
Excell Academy For Higher Learning is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and meet nutritional standards established by the U.S. Dep...'The Host' fails to excite
The words of Stephanie Meyer are back gracing the silver screen with an adaptation of her post "Twilight" series novel entitled "The Host." Please accept my apologies
"I'm sorry." "I deeply regret what happened." "I apologize." "My bad." In business, everyone makes mistakes once or twice a week. Most go unnoticed, are quickly corrected if they're caught, and the corporate wheel keeps turning. The bigger mistakes come back to haunt, or bite, us, in which case an apology might be called for. Saying you're sorry is never anyone's idea of a good time. Add a comment"Race" and the persistence of health disparities: How far have we come?
This is an excerpt of a speech delivered at the first annual "Springing Towards Health Gala" of the Minnesota Black Nurses Association on March 9, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza Minneapolis North, Brooklyn Center.Add a comment
The power of purpose
We all have a purpose in life. We were all created to do something that is greater than the accumulation of wealth. Real success in life can only be measured by the accomplishment of your intended purpose. You are successful when you do what you were created to do. Until we truly understand why we are here, we can never put the energy needed to bring it to pass. We are greatest when we know our divine purpose. Add a commentI am simply Moore
On May 5, while some were out celebrating Cinco de Mayo, I was at home preparing a syllabus for a course I am teaching this summer.Who are the ‘people’ in ‘we the people?’
Nobody asked me, but even as this administration has ended one war and is winding down another, another war is raging here at home.Add a comment
Bidder 70 Film: Eco-documentary chronicles trials and tribulations of environmental activist
The Bush administration's announcement in 2008 of its intention to auction-off the mining rights to many square miles of virgin land located in national forests ignited waves of protests by environmental activists. But when picketing, petitioning and the lobbying of politicians failed, the government proceeded with its plan to grant oil and gas mega-corporations access to the pristine parcels. International peace group comes back to its roots
CIRCLE PINES – Mel Duncan has travelled all around the world in the last decade, getting into dangerous situations and finding peaceful solutions in a variety of global hotspots as part of Nonviolent Peaceforce, an international organization he co-founded with Quaker activist David Hartsough.Last week, however, NP made a local stop when Duncan and the group’s other leaders held their annual director’s meeting at the Circle Pines Hospitality House.
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