Work & Economy
Online and social-media charity contests raise money — and questions
Nonprofits are always trolling for new ways to raise funds, and never more so than in uncertain economic times. One of the newer approaches involves social media and online voting.
Call it pick and click.MORE »
Marriage equality is a rural issue!
Marriage Equality, the right of gay folks to marry just like everybody else, is a big city issue... Right?MORE »
Top priority for transitway development should be employers and jobs
You are a policy-maker and you have a tough choice between two major development proposals for the same site on a major light-rail line or transitway. All things being equal, which do you choose: a major employer or a large housing complex?MORE »
Retired union member writes, directs original play about legendary Joe Hill
The song, “I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night,” popularized by folksinger Joan Baez in the late 1960s, stuck with Keith Reed. Reed, now a retired union member, will direct six performances in June of his original play, “The Murdered Minstrel of Toil: The Joe Hill Story.”MORE »
Fairview hospital workers: "Patients first not bottom line"
Workers at Fairview hospital see there’s a link between Fairview, a hospital that is being investigated for aggressive debt collection, and Wells Fargo, a bank that aggressively forecloses on people’s homes.
That link is a Wells Fargo Vice President who serves on the Fairview board. The workers want that link cut.MORE »
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 »
Six years into "Heading Home Hennepin," steady progress to end homelessness
Heading Home Hennepin is a 10 year plan to end homelessness in Minneapolis and Hennepin County. The effort, launched in 2006, is built around an unprecedented level of cooperation by government, business, nonprofits, faith and philanthropic communities, and homeless and formerly homeless citizens.MORE »
Hennepin County Sheriff's Department raids Occupy-defended home, homeowner calls it "an outrage"
In the dark of night, Hennepin County Sheriff’s officers raided a foreclosed Minneapolis home that is being “defended” by Occupy Minnesota according to the group.
Occupy says five people were arrested, but the a crowd of fifty people prevented the officers from evicting them from the house.MORE »
Feeding the poor: But is it healthy food?
For people in crisis, salad on the table likely isn’t first on their list of necessities. So it’s good to hear there are people seriously concerned about the menus at homeless shelters and meal programs feeding the poor.MORE »
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 »
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