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Working twice as hard to get half as far: Race-based employment gap in Minnesota

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet

The Twin Cities metro area has the biggest disparity in black-white unemployment rates of any major metropolitan area in the country. What is going on here?  MORE »

Pawlenty says no to fed funds - and yes - and no

By Paul Schmelzer, Minnesota Independent

Reactions are coming in about the executive order Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed today directing state agencies to refuse “discretionary participation” in the federal health care reform law signed by President Obama this spring. While the press release on the order (which used the term “Obamacare” four times) came not from Pawlenty’s PAC or campaign but the governor’s office, early reactions — from local and national Democrats, plus TIME magazine — chalk the move up to Pawlenty’s presidential ambitions.  MORE »

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Arts Orbit Radar 9/2/10

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

What's happening this week

Thursday, September 2

On the radar: I'm sure Armin Van Buuren's show at Epic will be absolutely face-melting—even if the promo image does make him look like David Brent in the "If You Don't Know Me By Now" video.

Under the radar: Tonight at the BLB, members of Punch Out Poetry bare their souls while burlesque dancers bare...some other things.

Friday, September 3

On the radar: If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. Except tonight, when a Point Break screening and Solid Gold performance are free at the Lake Harriet Bandshell.

Under the radar: These days Mel Brooks is an empire and a living legend of comedy, but to really appreciate his genius you have to go back to his original films, a series of which the Trylon is screening starting tonight, with The Producers. "That's it, baby. When you've got it, flaunt it—flaunt it!"  MORE »

Locked bicycle thefts on rise in fifth precinct

By staff, Uptown Neighborhood News

From July 20 to August 18, 2010 in the Fifth Precinct there have been 46 theft reports of stolen bicycles. The Fifth Precinct comprises Uptown and border neighborhoods. These reports have been scattered across the precinct and include bicycles stolen largely from outside residences and commercial or public buildings. This does not include burglary reports in which a bicycle may have been stolen.  MORE »

Report highlights gap between graduation rates of black, white males

By Cynthia Boyd, MinnPost

A new national report draws attention yet again to the wide divide between blacks and whites in school achievement, this time spotlighting the difference in high school graduation rates for black males versus white males here and around the country.  MORE »

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Inside the daily planet today

BOOKS | "Common as Air": A new take on copyright laws
MUSIC | S. Carey kickstarts tour with gorgeous Southern set
State Fair: Paradise is not lost at this parking lot
State Fair police chief reflects on 30 years keeping the peace at the fairgrounds
Dave Healy's night at the fair
MUSIC | Brian "Snowman" Powers at the Fine Line
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Meet your neighborhood correspondent

St. Anthony Park

Lisa SteinmannLisa Steinmann is our neighborhood correspondent for St. Anthony Park. 

Lisa  is a St. Paul-based freelance writer who has lived in the St. Anthony Park neighborhood for more than 20 years and covered youth, school and community news in the pages of the Park Bugle for the past 12 years. Her work was recognized at the first regional Ethnic and Community Media Awards co-hosted by the Twin Cities Daily Planet and New America Media. Email Lisa at lisa.steinmann@gmail.com

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BOOKS | "Common as Air": A new take on copyright laws

By Brandi Stillings, TC Daily Planet

Common as Air, a book by author Lewis Hyde, is a take on copyright infringement—an issue we have been dealing with as a society for centuries. Hyde is an expert on intellectual property, as he demonstrates throughout this book with his close attention to detail.MORE »

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Assignment Desk

Calling all citizen journalists

Want to try writing? We need YOU to help cover the Twin Cities:

Any  ideas for covering the opening of school?

Festivals, events, celebrations: If you're interested in taking a few photos and writing a few paragraphs to describe a local gathering or event, let us know. Here are a few upcoming events for which we'd like coverage, but we are also interested in any events in your neighborhood or community.

* August 28 African Global Roots Festival at 4137 Bloomington Avenue, Minneapolis
• Woofstock in September (Linden Hills)
• State Fair stories

if you are interested in writing any of these articles, email editor@tcdailyplanet.net MORE »

Blogs

The Optimistic Pessimist
A campy end-of summer weekend with Mel Brooks and Robert Rodriguez
By Jim Brunzell III
Teresa on TCDP
Riding the great recession roller coaster
By Teresa Boardman
Hindsight
Examining Taxpayer League claims: An insatiable need to spin
By Jeff Van Wychen
Hindsight
It's too late, baby, now it's too late
By John Van Hecke
Mary Treacy's picture
Poking Around
MnKnows – and you will too if you learn to use the tool
By Mary Treacy

Free Speech Zone

The Free Speech Zone offers a space for contributions from readers, without editing by the TC Daily Planet. This is an open forum for articles that otherwise might not find a place for publication, including news articles, opinion columns, and announcements.
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Keefer Court: Baking a Fortune
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Chris Johansen’s 20-year adventure in Seward
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Free-Trade Doctrine Takes (Another) Hit (A Book Review)
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Annual Purple Ribbon Auction draws crowd
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Democrat's ineptness will cost them dearly in future elections

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Look for news, events and more from your neighborhood. Just click on Minneapolis or Saint Paul and select YOUR neighborhood.

Bedlam's moving—but where?
St. Paul's University Avenue community unites with parade and Hmong arts festival
OPINION | Help save Flamingo Restaurant
Minneapolis elders’ housing to be built
MUSIC | St. Paul gets funky with the 2010 Selby Avenue Jazz Festival

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