Opinion
FREE SPEECH ZONE | African Americans can reclaim legacy of educational excellence
In 1883 an African American teacher with a great deal of vision and purpose started the first school to educate black children in Augusta, Georgia. It took one year for her new school to explode from six eager learners to nearly 300 souls hungry for learning.MORE »
E-DEMOCRACY | The booms return to Minneapolis
Jim Mork: 3:44AM on Sunday, two loud booms. Wonder what it might be. Too loud, I think, to be gunfire.
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OPINION | Aiming higher
By next school year, Minnesota's English/Language Arts classes must adopt the Minnesota variation of the Common Core Standards. Here's a sampling of the standards aimed at ninth and tenth graders:MORE »
E-DEMOCRACY | What's the best cafe in St. Paul with wi-fi and tables for group work?
Congrats to E-Democracy and Steve Clift on this fantastic grant to expand neighborhood forums with a focus on diversity and inclusion!
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E-DEMOCRACY | Minneapolis Redistricting
This is a letter Sen. Dziedzic and I sent to the redistricting folks. If they are posting all maps than this Citizens map should be there. It has nice compact contiguous wards, with the one we are interested in centered around Cedar Riverside.
RE: Citizens for Fair Redistricting Committee
Dear Chair Clegg:
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OPINION | The draconian effort to impose restrictions on Unemployment Insurance
In late 2008, 28-year-old Rochester native Tim Wynn injured his hand on the job while working as a machinist and was eventually unfairly fired due to the injury. “It was at that time I had to file for unemployment insurance,” Wynn recalls. “Which was only a little over $400 a month, but we were able to make it work with one of us still working.”MORE »
OPINION | Renewable energy and health: Me, myself and I
In the continuing debate surrounding how, why, when, where and whether we should move decisively ahead with renewable energy sources, there are just as many reasons raised for opposing wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, biogas and others as there are for supporting them.MORE »
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Finance in a Nutshell
Republican State Senator Julianne Ortman explains:
""we had Minnesota’s bond counsel and financial advisory firms" recommending that the State borrow $700 million and pay it back with tobacco settlement money.MORE »
FREE SPEECH ZONE | When numbers are not enough: growth and (ir)relevance of Latinos in the United States
A couple of weeks ago, Professor Rogelio Saenz, Dean of the College of Public Policy at University of Texas, San Antonio, was at the Humphrey School presenting his research on changing Latino demographics in the nation.MORE »
OPINION | Respect your graduate student worker
Since 1991, graduate student workers at the University of Minnesota have tried to organize a union three times. Due to persistent problems, they are now trying for a fourth time.MORE »
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