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Homeowners facing foreclosure can delay Sheriff's Sale for five months

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

A little known Minnesota law allows homeowners facing foreclosure to petition for a five-month delay of the sheriff’s sale — a period of time during which they have more leverage than after the sale. The Minnesota legislature passed this law two years ago, but it is not widely known, and banks rarely notify embattled homeowners of this right.MORE »

Minnesota Somalis attend conference on women's infertility issues

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

A group of women and men gathered together to discuss the issue of infertility is probably a rare event — particularly within the Minnesota Somali community. But this week, several hundred Twin Cities Somalis attended Insuroon, a conference on women’s infertility issues. Insuroon is a Somali word that means, “Woman who can take care of herself.”MORE »

Minnesota activists call on 3M to remove corporate funds from politics

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

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 »

Protesters offer evidence that Minneapolis racial profiling still exists

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

At a rally in front of Hennepin County Jail, one protester said,

We think we’ve arrived when our pools are no longer segregated, because we have a brother as a President, because George Zimmerman will be going to trial, let me tell you something, even though we have made much progress, this freedom cake is barely cut into.MORE »

Report: "Modern day slavery" in Minnesota retail cleaning industry

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

Work seven days a week, eight hours a day and no overtime. That plus other abuses of the workers is what, Stephen Phillon, Associate Professor of Sociology, St.MORE »

Governor Dayton backs voter ID alternative

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

At a press conference Thursday, Governor Mark Dayton and Secretary of State Mark Richie introduced an electronic voter photo ID system that solves the stated objectives of the Republican-proposed photo voter ID amendment at much lower cost and without the limitations and rigidity of the amendment.MORE »

MN Somalis set deadline to pull money from Wells Fargo

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

The only way that many people in Somalia survive is from money wired to them from relatives in Minnesota. That life line was cut when the US government pressured banks to stop accepting the wire transfers, fearing the money could be going to terrorist organizations.MORE »

Somali women to flex political muscle at MN caucuses

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

Party precinct caucuses can be puzzling to long-time political activists. They are democracy in action, yet some of the rules and procedures are confusing. So imagine what the process is like to people living here with a different cultural background, U.S. Somalis for example. Not many Somalis have participated in the caucus.MORE »

Somalis close Wells Fargo accounts to protest bank's lack of support

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

Wells Fargo Bank isn’t backing the Minnesota Somali community’s fight to send money back to their starving families, so some Somalis are pulling their money out of Wells Fargo.MORE »

Orange-jumpsuited torture protestors march to St. Thomas Law School

By Bill Sorem, The Uptake

Why were people in orange jumpsuits silently filing through the Minneapolis skyways? The answer may be ten years old, but those in the jumpsuits will tell you the problem is not in the past, but is a current one.MORE »