HEADLINES
“The co$t of caring”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6149
by Kendall Anderson, Minnesota Women’s Press
Beyond stress and emotions, women’s paychecks and pensions can take a hit when they choose to care for elderly parents
“IBEW questions temp agency hiring practices”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6239
By Michael Moore
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is pressuring a St. Paul temp agency to explain why it refused to place fully qualified, union electricians into a recently advertised opening.
“Micro-loans changing the face and future of rural Minnesota”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6166
by Lee Egerstrom and Ben Pierson, Minnesota 2020
Financing ‘Mom and Pop’ entrepreneurs–and especially a lot of Moms.
INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET
Readers, Writers and Books
“From the Farm to the Table What All Americans Need to Know about Agriculture”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6065
by Brian Devore, Land Stewardship Project
Gary Holthaus spent three years gathering material for From the Farm to the Table: What All Americans Need to Know about Agriculture. With a ponderous title like that, one would think you could spend 30 years researching the subject and still not be ready to write a book.
“On the shoulders of lions”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6164
by Stephen Brunia-Brown, Minneapolis Worldbeat
Those in the know are buzzing about an African literary renaissance.
NEW IN BLOGS
“The War of Words”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6240
by Abdi Aynte, Minnesota Monitor
NEW IN VOICES
“Caregiving dilemmas”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6153
by Michele St. Martin, Minnesota Women’s Press
How do you decide to be a caregiver?
“A new, independent political party could speed our recovery”:https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/6172
by Mac Walton, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
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