Working America urges Coleman to address health care crisis

By Michael Moore, St. Paul Union Advocate

Members of Working America gathered outside U.S. Senator Norm Coleman's office to demand action on health care. Union Advocate photo

Fixing America's health care system is going to take more than a band-aid. That's the message more than 23,000 members of Working America, the community affiliate of the AFL-CIO, delivered to Sen.MORE »

VOICES Sober houses

By Phil Gerlach, Diane Gerth, Ryan Kapaun, Dean Nelson, Angie Palomo, Cathy Perrone, Special to TC Daily Planet
Last week, the City of St Paul took a step toward rational land use policy when it passed modest regulations designed to get a handle on the locations of sober houses within the City, to determine wheMORE »

Vets’ advocates want to pass PTSD law on federal level

By Dennis Geisinger, Southside Pride
“I was part of a house cleaning operation on Jan.MORE »

Let the sun shine in

By Erica Marston, Minnesota Women's Press
There's been a flurry of recent media attention touting vitamin D as a sort of super-nutrient.MORE »

Burning questions about health

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet
The ubiquitous green-and-white signs dot the front yards of Merriam Park, across the freeway from the Rock-Tenn recycling plant.MORE »

Community gardens: Where to go from here?

By Clara Peterson, Minnesota 2020
The problem with many of these celebrated benefits of community gardening is that they rely on one or both of two key assumptions: first, that enough people will participate in the garden to render itMORE »

The $18 Doughnut

By Elizabeth Rich, Minnesota 2020
In Rochester, Minn., Cindy Daube is paying the price for being a good employer.

Daube's bakery has been a Rochester institution for more than 20 years, with many employees there since the beginning

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The case for community gardens

By Clara Peterson, Minnesota 2020
The garden at Loring School is an example of one of those few communal community gardens.MORE »

Growing healthier kids and communities, in the gardens

By Clara Peterson, Minnesota 2020
When I first heard the term "community garden," I pictured a big, open plot in the middle of a neighborhood-a large garden accessible to, and maintained by, any and all members of the community who woMORE »

Bachmann calls to defund Planned Parenthood

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent
Rep. Michele Bachmann called for the defunding of Planned Parenthood on Wednesday.MORE »
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