HEADLINES
“AfriFest!”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6212
by Stephen Brunia-Brown, Minneapolis WorldBeat
AfriFest, taking place this weekend in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in Minneapolis, is a celebration of Minnesota musicians of African descent.
“UFCW leads national meeting to challenge immigration raids”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6213
by Staff, Workday Minnesota
Unions denounce illegal detention practices by immigration officers.
“Inside the White House Conference on Faith-Based Initiatives: Avoiding a Lawsuit”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6155
by Andy Birkey, Minnesota Monitor
Second of two parts on the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Minneapolis conference.
“DeLaSalle field flap to end in August?”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6181
by Gail Olson, The Northeaster
The DeLaSalle football field controversy might be coming to an end soon.
INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET
“Activists pledge not to shop Wal-Mart for school supplies”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6162
by Michael Moore, St. Paul Union Advocate
Rallying outside the Midway Wal-Mart in St. Paul, labor and community activists joined students and teachers in calling on American families to do their back-to-school shopping elsewhere this year.
“Oromo diaspora flocks state capitol to protest Ethiopia-U.S. alliance”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6165
by Abdiaziz Ahmed, Mshale Newspaper
The United States should stop supporting the Ethiopian government’s aggression against its opposition if there is to be peace in the Horn of Africa region, an official of the Oromo Liberation Front said.
NEW IN VOICES
“The Galahads Rescue Wall Street; Cheers; Now What About Its Victims?”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6214
by Jim Klobuchar, Jim Klobuchar Writes
NEW IN BLOGS
“Travels from Idaho, Wyoming and South Dakota”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6215
by Louis Mendoza, A Journey Across Our America
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