Border Politics From Above & Below
mexsolidarity-mfs.jpgWed, 03/28/2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pmBorder Politics From Above & Below: Organizing For Justice in Spite of Electionswith Macrina Cárdenas de Alarcon of Tijuana’s Casa del Migrante...
View ArticleConnecting over the proposed voter ID amendment
Bruce Johansen TC Daily Planet The League of Women Voters does not take voting lightly. In fact, the nonpartisan political organization was founded in 1920 during the convention of the National...
View ArticleFREE SPEECH ZONE | The invisible Americans
Myles SpicerIn this seemingly unending political campaign, these words are reverently uttered dozens of times: “the middle class”. But there is one group that is rarely mentioned by either party, and...
View ArticleFREE SPEECH ZONE | What we REALLY should learn from this election
Myles SpicerCommenting on the recent election in well regarded post mortems, various pundits have cogently described what the ramifications of Barack Obama’s reelection will mean to the country. Most...
View ArticleOPINION | Is the presidential election over?
Myles Spicer Community Voices Silly me. I guess I must have missed it? Maybe, like Rip Van Winkle, who slept through the American Revolution, perhaps I didn’t notice that there really was an election;...
View ArticleNEIGHBORHOOD NOTES | Ward 12 candidate forum set for April 11
Tesha Neighborhood Notes Get to know the candidates running for the Ward 12 Minneapolis Council Member position.The Standish-Ericsson Neighborhood Association (SENA), the Nokomis East Neighborhood...
View ArticleCOMMUNITY VOICES | Tim Springer: A Life on Purpose
robertcorrickkellyjwilder Community Voices Tim Springer, a Minneapolis community leader from East Phillips, Powderhorn, and Central for the past 23 years, is running for Minneapolis City Council in...
View ArticleCandidates and karaoke: City council candidates face off in North Minneapolis
Michele St. Martin TC Daily Planet Four North Minneapolis candidates faced off in a public forum followed by karaoke at the Capri Theater on Saturday, September 7. About 90 audience members heard...
View ArticleMinnesota rolls out online voter registration
Michele St. Martin TC Daily Planet When my husband moved to Minnesota from Maine 17 years ago, he was met at the curb by our friend Tim, who handed him a voter registration card. As most Minnesotans...
View ArticleMN Videos | North Minneapolis Votes
Lolla Mohammed Nur MN Videos Check out this video about how nonprofit MN Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (MNNOC) has been working to get North Minneapolis residents out to vote. You can find MNNOC...
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