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US Supreme Court · MinneapolisUpon watching a fence erected following the closure of a homeless encampment, and the one tree nearby cut down, an elder with a home nearby remarked, “Don’t blame the tree.” Having spent nearly 30 years working with homeless families, youth and single adults throughout Minnesota, I am often asked about the myths and realities of homelessness. As we await the U.S. Supreme Court decision on whether a person can sleep outside when there is no emer…See the Story
Revisiting homelessness myths as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs criminality of sleeping outside
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Health · MinneapolisFor Myriam Roby, doctor of nursing practice and Health Equity Clinical outcomes director at Hennepin Healthcare, walking into a car dealership led to the creation of an event to combat breast cancer disparities.
Myriam Roby, doctor of nursing practice “We had a conversation (at the dealership) and started brainstorming about how we could collaborate to do a service for our communities as well as a service for each other,” said David Jones, di…See the Story
Pre-Mother’s Day dinner and health expo targets breast cancer disparities
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Wages · MinneapolisAs we debate what constitutes a livable wage in Minnesota – with the current $15.57 an hour minimum wage in Minneapolis and St. Paul considered by many to be inadequate to cover living costs here — be aware that there is a group of workers earning far, far less. Minnesota has the dubious distinction of having the second highest per-capita rate of people with disabilities earning wages that are below the federal minimum. This is legal because of …See the Story
Minnesota should end sub-minimum wage for workers with disabilities
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Minneapolis, Minnesota · MinneapolisIn an attempt to garner buy-in from the Minneapolis City Council around a proposed site plan for the former Third Precinct building at 3000 Minnehaha Ave., Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and his administration tried something new. The administration asked council for its stamp of approval on a site plan proposal before taking it out into neighborhoods for community engagement. The city’s proposal would turn the former police precinct into a “democ…See the Story
Minneapolis fails to get council buy-in on former Third Precinct proposal
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University of Minnesota · GazaWASHINGTON — The escalating protests over the Israel-Hamas war on the nation’s college campuses this week, which included the arrests of nine University of Minnesota students, also provoked an angry clash between Reps. Ilhan Omar and Tom Emmer. After Omar spoke to the University of Minnesota protesters on Tuesday, the same day the school cleared an encampment of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, Emmer, R-6th District, excoriated his Democratic coll…See the Story
D.C. Memo: Omar, Emmer clash over Gaza protests
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Minneapolis, Minnesota · MinneapolisMike Hughlett at the Star Tribune reports nearly 40 immigrant workers from Honduras, Mexico and the Dominican Republic claim in a federal lawsuit that Svihel Vegetable Farm shorted their paychecks and subjected them to “deplorable” working and living conditions. Myah Goff and Katrina Pross at Sahan Journal spoke with University of Minnesota students calling for the university to divest from organizations they say support Israel. Nick Longworth a…See the Story
Workers claim Minnesota vegetable farm violated federal human trafficking law
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Joe Biden · GazaWASHINGTON — Recent polls and other indicators are prompting rising speculation that President Joe Biden may not win Minnesota a second time and the state will become a battleground as the race for the White House heats up this summer. But is Minnesota, with its history of voting for Democratic presidential candidates, really up for grabs? To many political observers, Minnesota has become a “second tier” battleground state, not as competitive as…See the Story
Will Minnesota be a swing state during the November election?
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