War on Poverty debate: By the numbers, there’s little argument in Minnesota
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“It will not be a short or easy struggle, no single weapon or strategy will suffice, but we shall not rest until that war is won.”
Facing Race award winners overcome hardships to make a difference
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I’m an easy-sell for a make-a-difference story, particularly when it comes to race, education and employment.
How a $150 loan for kids’ Christmas gifts cost a Minnesota woman $4,000
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Near the top of anti-poverty groups’ concerns this legislative session are the borrowing problems of people like hard-working Renee Bergeron, a mom of four who dug herself into a hole of debt in part because of a controversial loan practice that is currently legal in Minnesota.
University of Minnesota research indicates low-income families don’t limit shopping to ‘food deserts’
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Social-welfare experts have long assumed poor people, hampered by transportation difficulties, grocery-shop close to home at small corner groceries or convenience stores — “food deserts” that mostly offer high-sugar, highly processed, less-nutritious foods.
Catholic Charities CEO: St. Paul’s Dorothy Day Center is overwhelmed
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A proposal to relocate the Dorothy Day Center to St. Paul’s East Side was abruptly pulled off the table this week because of neighborhood opposition.
A new twist to minimum-wage debate — dance
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Dozens of people seemingly just wandering through the Capitol rotunda broke into dance Thursday in a smile-inducing stunt designed to draw attention to a serious issue being debated on state and national levels.
Supporters of raising minimum wage point to gender gap in Minnesota
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Advocates for raising Minnesota’s minimum wage are sharpening their arguments as they await the start of next week’s legislative session, and some are now focusing on a pitch that so far hasn’t had a lot of attention: gender.
Clergy members go door-to-door in north Minneapolis to talk about halting violence
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Seven clergy members will bring a message of hope and strength today to the north Minneapolis neighborhood where one man’s kindness led to his death almost two weeks ago.At least one of them can also tell his personal story of being a victim of violence and torture and how he overcame the experience.On Jan. 31 Thomas Sonnenberg, 69, opened his door to a young man pleading for protection from people he claimed were trying to kill him. In return for his hospitality, Sonnenberg was shot and killed and his wife viciously attacked by the refuge-seeker, according to legal documents. Police have apprehended a suspect, Devon D. Parker.Now clergy members are hoping to ease the fears by meeting with neighbors living in a 10-block radius of the Sonnenbergs’ home on the 3700 block of Aldrich Ave. N. and show their support. Continue Reading
Minnesota spending more to help homeless youth
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After Minnesota officials announced Tuesday that more money would be going to organizations that help homeless youth, I talked with Lina Warner, one example of at least 1,000.
Benefit concert Feb. 12 for ‘From Death to Life,’ organization offering support to Twin Cities families harmed by violence
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Mary Johnson broke down in tears the day she met face-to-face the man who was in prison for killing her son.