Elections
Young workers stage 'die-in' at Wells Fargo
Challenging the money that Wells Fargo is spending on politics – including funding this fall’s controversial voter ID amendment vote – young workers staged a brief die-in at the bank’s downtown headquarters. Friday’s action was part of a “Next Generation” conference for members of the Communications Workers of America.MORE »
Minnesota activists call on 3M to remove corporate funds from politics
3M shareholders attending their annual meeting were met by a group of vocal activists from Public Citizen, Common Cause, Minnesotans for a Fair Economy, Take Action Minnesota and 99% Power. The activists demanded that the Minnesota-based Fortune 500 company keep its money out of politics and called for more transparency in corporate political involvement. Standing in their way is the U.S.MORE »
Why should Americans care what happens in Europe?
There's a good reason to care about what's happening in Europe. I mean a practical reason, beyond humanitarian concern for poor and middle class people having utterly pointless suffering inflicted on them by the austerians who control most European governments and seem unable to learn economics from either a textbook or from the effects of their policies.MORE »
Bachmann, Obama, and Vikings Oh My!
Bachmann is a Swiss Miss
In 2009 23% of the population did not believe Obama was a U.S. citizen. In 2011 Fox News poll, still a quarter of the population held this view with fully 40% thinking there is “cause to wonder” about his citizenship. Birthers remain unconvinced that Obama is an American citizen. Yet th ere is no debate–Michele Bachmann is a Swiss citizen.MORE »
Food and farming: Framing the issues for 2012 elections
Seed biodiversity, farming methods, and food distribution were main topics as TC Daily Planet's election circle met at Common Roots Café May 3. The result was a lively exchange that branched out into other areas, including corporate power, expectations around political leadership, and the United States’ role in the world.MORE »
Three Issues | Grant Kvendru offers student's perspective on economy, healthcare, student loans
Grant Kvendru is a 19 year old undergraduate studying anthropology at Hamline University.
GG: So what are the most important issues to you in the upcoming election? They can be local, state, national, whatever is closest to you at this point.
GK: Well definitely the economy is a big looming issue and any resolutions or solutions that would help to advance the economic situation. Probably also healthcare, looking forward, especially for the growing elderly population. And then also the student loan situation has piqued my interest for sure because (laughs) I'm a student and going to college isn't cheap. So those are probably three issues that I would pick right off the top of my head.MORE »
Three issues | Flannery Clark: "Re-electing Obama because the alternative is terrible"
Flannery Clark works as an admissions counselor for Macalester College, and lives in St. Paul.
GG: What are some of the most important issues to you in the election. They can be local, state, national, what do you consider to be most important?
FC: I think there are two things that are most important to me, one is re-electing Obama because the alternative is terrible (laughs). Oh god, I don't even know what else to say about that. And the other is defeating the marriage amendment.MORE »
Three Issues | Colleen Dooley: Community gardens, education, marriage amendment
Colleen Dooley is a yoga teacher and massage therapist who lives in the Midway neighborhood is Saint Paul, with the youngest of her four children.
I met with Colleen in the community garden plot, where we are gardening neighbors. As I interviewed her, she was busy planting seedlings. She quickly identified the issues that are most important to her in the upcoming election as the environment, education, and equal marriage rights for same-sex couples.MORE »
Minneapolis school board candidates face off in forum at Burroughs School
Four candidates vying for the District 6 school board spot had a chance to make their pitch on Monday night at the District 6 School Board Candidate Forum, sponsored by the Minneapolis DFL and Minneapolis Parent Forum.MORE »
Emo Senator: August primary battle extends beloved telenovela into summer sweeps
With the decision by Allen Quist to bypass a hypothetical June 2 endorsing convention in Minnesota's Fighting First, Southern Minnesota's most watched telenovela will be extended into the deep summer.MORE »
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