Fifteen months after their arrests, the eight activists accused of plotting to violently disrupt the 2008 Republican National Convention finally have an idea of how their pending trial will take shape. In line with the hopes of the RNC 8, it will be a [...]
Six members of You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International, a controversial ministry that holds Christian assemblies in public schools, are ordained as ministers, tax documents show.MORE »Byline Minnesota Independent By: Andy Birkey [...]
What's Happening This Week
On the radar: The holidays are about traditions, but also about looking to the future; seasonal productions opening tonight fit, respectively, both those bills. For tradition, there's In the Heart of the Beast's longtime favorite La Natividad. [...]
Both the NCAA and the University of Minnesota last month boasted of improved student-athletes' graduation rates. However, a closer look shows that this "significant achievement" does not apply to the school's Black student-athletes. MORE »Byline Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder By: ' [...]
Be careful what you wish for. That's what Prospect Park residents learned after they began the arduous process of becoming a designated national historic site almost 10 years ago. MORE »Byline Lolla Mohammed Nur [...]
Unlike the image of the tormented artist whose vision is realized in solitude, Ricardo Levins Morales has made 35 years of work in a corner of his dining room but with a community context that reaches around the world. Now Morales, who co-founded the [...]
City Council members voted to strike down a budget amendment that would temporarily disband the division that investigates complaints of discrimination in the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights on Monday evening. MORE »Byline The Minnesota Daily By: [...]
Minnesota is legendary for its brutal winters. Perhaps you've heard the running joke about Minnesota's four seasons: not winter, almost winter, winter and still winter. What is not a joke is that thousands of people are in need of basic winter supplies, most urgent' [...]
I am American, have studied and lived in both Canada and England and am now living in Norway. I am particularly concerned with health care reform in the United States and have been asked to share my experiences regarding health care and the different [...]
Hundreds of Twin Cities janitors - joined by Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Congressman Keith Ellison - kicked off their contract campaign with a call to "make green cleaning a reality." Service Employees International Union Local 26, which represents [...]
Everything is going green these days and holiday decorations are no exception. This year the Minnesota Christmas Tree Association is touting the slogan, "Go Green, Get Real" - meaning that choosing a real tree over a plastic one is more earth friendly. One small [...]
Violence erupted outside the U Otter Stop Inn in Minneapolis' Northeast neighborhood early Monday morning in what victims are calling a hate crime. Lauren DeLand says she and her partner Joe Sullivan and three other friends left the bar at closing and once outside' [...]
On Sept. 11, 2001, Eric Swenson was stationed at the American naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Swenson, who joined the Marines in the summer of 1999, was gone from the base before Christmas of that year, not long before hundreds of suspected terrorists [...]
Busy bus stops and rail stations have long been magnets for business, attracting eateries, stores and services to places where critical masses of transit riders congregate. Now a few savvy merchants are setting up shop in 21st century transit facilities - suburban park-and-ride lots. [...]
Indigenous: Born, growing, or produced naturally in a region or country; native.
-Webster's New World Dictionary
With a wide range of work by both established artists and emerging youth, the second annual Dimensions of Indigenous show is a marvelous counter to the invisibility of contemporary art [...]
Naomi Klein, columnist for The Nation, asks: "A lot of people say, give Obama time. The guy was just elected - what do you say to that?" MORE »Byline Chuck Olsen The [...]
Winter is here again, and along with it all the joys of living in Minnesota: cars that won't start, fingers that freeze while walking outside for two seconds, cars that get towed, slipping on the ice, etc. For St. Paul residents there's the added [...]
A meeting of Twin Cities Quakers has decided to stop signing marriage certificates until all couples in Minnesota are allowed to marry. The decision, made in November, was a topic of Minnesota Public Radio's All Things Considered on Monday. MORE »
Byline [...]While the recession, health care and the war in Afghanistan dominate the headlines, Minnesotans gathered Saturday to put the focus on the movement for a fair and just global economy. Carrying signs and banners that read "Fair Trade Now!" more than 100 people crossed [...]
Surrounded by kitchen-cupboard staples like pasta, beans and rice, Rick Martineau of the Senior Food Shelf held up a can of vegetable soup and showed it off to Maria, 68. MORE »Byline Karen Hollish [...]
Abdiaziz Mohamed is a Somali refugee who is unemployed, can't speak fluent English and doesn't have the basic computer skills most people take for granted. MORE »Byline Lolla Mohammed Nur The Minnesota [...]
Positive steps are being taken by local entrepreneurs to promote their shared strengths and resources and attract area consumers to buy locally made and sold products this holiday season. MORE »Byline Minnesota 2020 By: Lee Egerstrom [...]
The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, otherwise known as TAPS, is a nationwide program that helps those that have suffered the loss of a family member who has served in the military. KFAI's Roger Huelsnitz brings us information on TAPS: what they have to' [...]
When the twenty-two-year-old student's heart started racing, she figured that she was just fatigued after a long day at school. A visit to the Boynton Clinic at the University of Minnesota convinced her that she was just having anxiety attacks. A second visit, an [...]
With the December calendar choked with Christmas shows—Nativities, Nutcrackers, shows about Santa crying and A Christmas Carol featuring the Golden Girls—it seems only fitting that some alternate holiday programming should pop up. Hanukkah seems like a natural choice.MORE »Byline [...]
The version of A Christmas Carol currently playing at Park Square Theatre isn't your typical holiday fare, and it shouldn't be confused with the other Christmas Carol playing across the river. This is Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol—the familiar story as told through [...]
Healing MN is a Christmas benefit concert for Cornerstone, an organization committed to eradicating domestic abuse. The second annual Healing MN will be held at the Fine Line Music Café on December 10. Admission is $10, with all proceeds going to Cornerstone. Drink [...]
Oscar Night® America is bringing the glamour and enchantment of Hollywood to Minnesota.
The Aegis Foundation, Minneapolis, was selected by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as one of its sanctioned 2010 Oscar Night America charities.MORE »Byline [...]
