Public Safety
OPINION | Target is targeted for hiring practices
At first glance it may seem that Take Action Minnesota’s efforts to encourage companies, particularly the Target Corporation, to hire ex-felons is misdirected. After all, some may think that those who have committed crimes have forfeited their right to future employment.MORE »
More lawyers of color a law school priority
According to a 2010 American Bar Association report, less than seven percent of partners and less than 20 percent of associates in law firms nationwide are people of color. Locally, only five percent of partners and 13 percent of associates are people of color. African Americans are only a fraction of these small percentages.MORE »
Photos of Joseph Benjamin Thomas, targeted St. Paul Mexican consulate, taken at 2009 neo-nazi, Tea Party Against Amnesty rallies
Via an APNewsBreak at the Winona Daily News, Amy Forliti of the Associated Press reports in Minn. man targeted Mexican consulate:MORE »
Homeowners facing foreclosure can delay Sheriff's Sale for five months
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 »
North Minneapolis corner is better off without Broadway Liquor Outlet, says local resident
One year after the May 22, 2011, tornado that ravaged North Minneapolis, things are looking up for Anthony and Shemeika Strong. Anthony has been entrusted as the superintendent of their apartment building at 2509 Golden Valley Rd., which is nearly full of renters, and whose outside brick walls and roof look much better than those of neighboring buildings.MORE »
Punished for exercising our constitutional rights?
The contrast between the two Judges couldn’t have been starker. Judge Peter Cahill and Judge Ronald Abrams both serve on the Hennepin County’s Fourth District Bench. Both Judges were assigned criminal trespass cases for nonviolent protest at the entrance to the corporate headquarters of Minnesota’s largest war profiteer, Alliant Techsystems (ATK).MORE »
Second-chance gardener: Red Wing woman, Christine Aquino, uses gardening to inspire incarcerated men
"Be the change that you want to see in the world" is inscribed on a pendant that Christine Aquino wears around her neck. She has taken the words' meaning to heart.
Born in St. Paul, Aquino was a self-described bored, young housewife in California, she said, when she began to take classes in horticulture.MORE »
Forgiveness and redemption: Mother confronts, embraces son's killer
On Feb. 12, 1993 three lives changed forever.MORE »
Going to jail for peacemaking
Choosing jail is my offering to my new (and future) friends in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is a statement to them that I take seriously my desire to stand in solidarity with them in denouncing the scourge of depleted uranium and depleted consciences.MORE »
Say it ain't so, Sheriff Joe
Years ago a college classmate of mine from New York visited a mutual friend of ours who owns a ranch in southern Arizona. Enchanted by the beauty of the place, Mark went for a walk by himself. Finding himself in a peaceful valley, he laid down on his back and closed his eyes so that he could listen to the sounds of nature. He may have dozed.MORE »
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