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Tibetan community voices support for "Middle Way Path"
On March 10, 2008 the Chinese government suppressed riots in Tibet, killing more than 100 people. That riot worried Tibetans and Tibetans in the exile, including Tibetans in Minnesota, which has the second largest Tibetan Community in the United States. On October 19 more than 150 people, mostly Tibetans in exile, gathered at the Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota in St. Paul to discuss the situation of the Tibetan Government in Exile. There was a question and answer panel discussion with Tibetan Community of Minnesota board members. The majority of the people that came to the meetings were in their mid 30s to mid 60s. MORE »
Somali voter influence claims raise more questions than answers
Last night Omar Jamal, head of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center, told KSTP news that as many as 500 people were either persuaded or misled to vote for Al Franken at the Brian Coyle Center on Tuesday. As the Minnesota Independent reported on Tuesday, witnesses at the Brian Coyle Center told me and another reporter on site, Julia Nekessa Opoti, who writes for the Twin Cities Daily Planet and Mshale, a local African community newspaper, that voters were being persuaded to vote for Norm Coleman. What’s more, a Coleman staffer named Mahamoud Wardere was on hand throughout most of the day acting as at one point a GOP challenger and at another a translator. MORE »
Where Will You Be the Week After?
This has been an historic election, no question. One part that gets me jazzed is how many people showed up, got organized, and worked for the public good. People volunteered. MORE »
Pictures at the polls
Are your kids watching the election results? Eden Prairie resident Wade Johnson remembers staying up late during the first Reagan election and eating popcorn as his family watched the election returns, his parents crossing their fingers for Reagan to win. “I remember seeing the states were blue or red, and my parents would guess which state would go which way,” Johnson said. “As kids that was something very visual and we were able to attach one party to one color.” MORE »
First time foliage: MN autumn through foreigners’ eyes
From his desk window, Carlos Merino Maestre watches as a gust of wind causes it to rain yellow leaves. To a Minnesotan, that sight means the onslaught of scarves, mittens, and heating bills. To Merino Maestre, a Spanish visitor, it’s magical. For Deepu Thankachan the cool weather is a welcome contrast to the steaming humidity of his hometown in India. The two men are both experiencing their first fall in Minnesota. Their impressions offer a glimpse into what Minnesota autumn looks like though fresh eyes. MORE »
Kretchmer's "Spooks"
Budding ghost expert. Paranormal Investigation Ghost Hunter Society member. Not-very-powerful-middle-aged-medium. I.T. specialist. MORE »
Youth get out the vote
The upcoming presidential election probably isn’t the first thing you would think about as being on a teenager’s mind, but that is exactly what one group of Twin Cities teens is buzzing about. MORE »
Neighborhood news round-up
In May, 300 people came to the vacant home tour in St. Paul’s Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood, and eight of the homes have been sold since then. With that success, the Dayton’s Bluff Community Council is repeating the event this Sunday, October 26.
Fall, winter, spring and summer, Dar’s delivers ice cream in the North End neighborhood of St. Paul.
In North Minneapolis, the Exploding Language public art project brought eleven local and national artists to Plymouth Avenue, a historically significant site of the black arts movement.
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