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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Twin Cities: a Volunteerland

By Erika Doerr, Free Speech Zone

The Twin Cities has the highest rate of volunteerism in the country with nearly sixty-percent of Twin Cities residents saying they have volunteered before. Of course this is great news for us, as we can add one more item among many that we are number one in!MORE »

FREE SPEECH ZONE | Vital Community Programs

By Erika Doerr, Free Speech Zone

Sponsored by Representative Jim Abeler of Anoka, HF128 would cut funding for children and community services, county child support administration, emergency Minnesota Supplemental Aid (MSA) and adult mental health services----all necessary services in our community at the moment. MORE »

To "Like" or to "Dislike"

By Erika Doerr

The most worrying part of an online news article on Yahoo.com is sometimes not the actual news story at all. With a quick scroll to the bottom, one will come across the comments section-a disturbing collection of racial remarks and eighteenth and nineteenth century views on humanity.

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• Minnesota Idea Open finalist Fatuma Mohamed proposes Hidden Pearls Project to educate Minnesotans about Muslim women. "Hijab is about being seen and heard for who we are, not about our bodies.”
• Making hard decisions: Families face progression of care choices in Alzheimer's disease. Andrea Parrott's series on Alzheimer's in the African-American community continues.
• Chill summer: Claire de Lune, Theresa Andersson, Chicha Libre. Jay Gabler recommends a sexy soundtrack for your next BBQ.
• At RetroRama, the personal is political. Styles with political implications are on stage Thursday night at the Minnesota History Center.

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. The opinions expressed in the Free Speech Zone and Neighborhood Notes, as well as the opinions of bloggers, are their own and not necessarily the opinion of the TC Daily Planet.
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Michael Cavlan For US Senate 2012 Update
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Will the MPCA "Citizens' Board" side with citizens and the environment?
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Hmong students at Henry High collect 530 postcards to save school buses
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Continental Congress 2.0 This July 4th!
Keith Ellison-Muslim in Congress

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