Today in the Daily Planet, 6/23/07

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SATURDAY, JUNE 23

HEADLINES

“Window cleaners seek union representation”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2007/06/21/window-cleaners-seek-union-representation.html
Workday Minnesota
SEIU organizing at MGS Professional Building Maintenance.

“Through foster care and adoption, you too can save lives”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/5261
By Vickie Evans-Nash, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
‘Last year, approximately 65 percent of the people who chose to become regular foster parents in Hennepin County were African American.’

“Gang escalation on reservations: nip it in the bud”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/5192
By Deborah Locke, Fond du Lac News
Concerned community members hear about ways to stop gang activity before it grows.

INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET

“The labor review’s fourth decade: Fighting fascism at home and abroad”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2007/06/21/labor-review-s-fourth-decade-fighting-fascism-home-and-abroad.html
By Steve Share, Minneapolis Labor Review
Workers faced attacks by vigilantes in 1940s.

“Warm weather gets cops out of cars, onto bikes”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/5090
By Jeff Day, NewsSouth
Minneapolis police cruise the streets on mountain bikes.

“Bill Seeks to Strengthen Background Checks for Firearm Purchases”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2007/06/22/bill-seeks-strengthen-background-checks-firearm-purchases.html
By Isaac Peterson, Minnesota Monitor

NEW IN VOICES
“Web 2.0 + Politics: What’s Fair Game?”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/5262
By Joe Bodell, Minnesota Monitor

NEW IN BLOGS

“Sound like a big city”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/5260
By Jay Kelly, The Head Fake