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Mary Turck (maryturck@gmail.com) is a freelance writer, editor, teacher, and lifelong activist. She is the former editor of the TC Daily Planet, the Connection to the Americas and AMERICAS.ORG. She is also a recovering attorney and the author of many books for young people (and a few for adults), mostly focusing on historical and social issues. She lives in St. Paul with her husband, two daughters, and two cats.
The recent decision of the Obama administration to institute a policy of Deferred Action for many young people who came to the United States under the age of 16 and have resided continuously for at least five years sparked both hope and confusion. ILCM and Navigate co-hosted a June 30 community meeting on the Deferred Action for DREAM Act-eligible individuals. Continue Reading
The scammers are at it again — big time — hitting thousands of Minnesotans with a phony promise that President Obama has a program to pay their utility bills. The Better Business Bureau warns: Continue Reading
So there’s this keyboard-like apparatus that can meow a more-or-less musical scale. Or bark it. Or make other animal and electronic sounds. Continue Reading
After years of neglect by a notorious St.
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I’ve been reading lots of commentary on the June 25 U.S. Supreme Court decision on Arizona’s anti-immigrant SB 1070 law. It’s pretty clear that the court was solidly against the law, as exemplified by the majority opinion that, “As a general rule, it is not a crime for a removable alien to remain present in the United States.” Continue Reading
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About a dozen nuns set out June 18 on a nine-state bus tour to promote social justice — and incidentally, to oppose Republican budget cuts that would eliminate health care and social services funding for poor families. That’s just the kind of advocacy nuns are known for, and not at all the negative, sex-focused stance that the pope wants them to take. The nuns’ bus tour makes a perfect symbol of why many of us in (or out of) the Catholic church look to them for leadership-by-example, and why the pope recently denounced them for focusing on social service and social justice instead of on opposing same-sex marriage and abortion. Continue Reading
Ifrah Jimale won second place in the independent news blog category for her “Ask a Somali” blog on the TC Daily Planet. Sheila Regan won third place for best continuing coverage online for her series on contracts, transparency and Minneapolis Public Schools. Both were honored at the annual Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists Page One awards banquet June 19. The awards were among more than a hundred at the celebration, which includes categories for large and small newspapers, magazines, television, radio and online journalism. Continue Reading
Books in boxes, books on shelves, and book people everywhere — that was the scene at the inaugural poetry reading at SubText, St. Paul’s newest indie bookstore.