Our past doesn’t have to be our future when it comes to anti-Asian hate
The Combating-Hate bill, HF 1691, would close loopholes that misclassify hate acts and allow victims to report hate incidents to non-law-enforcement entities.
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From the playground of a Spanish immersion school to 38th & Chicago: racism in the Twin Cities
The hard truth is no matter where we live or what school she attends, we can’t shield our daughter from racism or anti-immigrant rhetoric.
How the pandemic ends depends on us
Since not everyone is on board with being vaccinated, it’s become necessary to find ways to reach recalcitrant Americans.
Could the next Supreme Court justice be a Black woman from Minnesota?
Candidate Joe Biden promised that, if elected, his first nomination for a vacancy on that court would be a Black woman jurist, the first of her kind on that bench.
Biden’s press conference: reassuring, if not inspiring
My basic reaction to Joe Biden’s first formal press conference as president was that he did fine, came across as decent, coherent, reasonably progressive, and someone who knows his own mind and values.
The city of Minneapolis is also on trial
The city and the state need to take action to rethink law enforcement’s purpose, training, protocols, oversight and governance. Now is the time.
Minnesota needs a new system of early childhood care and education
We have the ability and resources to be bold. We can offer quality care and learning to our youngest children and improve the poor working conditions for those who care for them.
Michele Bachmann emcees event espousing Trumpist line
The former Minnesota congresswoman led a seven-hour livestream event to rally the troops who still contend that the Trump won reelection fair and square.
Groundbreaking low-carbon geothermal project might emerge in Prospect Park
Dubbed the Towerside district, the triangle of land along the BNSF rail yard between the Surly Brewery, the University of Minnesota and Minneapolis’ Prospect Park neighborhood might soon be one of the most energy efficient communities in the state.
The Chauvin trial: The streets, or the suites?
Also on trial is an important question: Can anti-police-brutality activists be more effective in ending the practice of the police killing unarmed civilians with impunity by becoming part of the “system of criminal justice”?
Inmates need access to affordable communication
Now more than ever, communication via telephone is vital. During the coronavirus pandemic, in-person visitation is often restricted.
Restricting the vote: Jamelle Bouie on the GOP’s logic
In states that have a Republican governor and a Republican-controlled legislature, the measures to make voting harder are thriving.
Klobuchar should, for the public trust, amend the For the People Act
For integrity’s sake, HR1/S1 needs to be clean of political conflicts of interest. But in its campaign finance section, it is not.
As the 26th Amendment turns 50, we should recommit to our youth
Today’s anniversary is the perfect opportunity to recommit to the broader effort of engaging our young people for informed and authentic citizenship. Minnesota can and should lead the effort.
The trauma avalanche is coming
We need to come together to develop a national operational strategy to combat behavioral health problems.
Minnesotans should support the Military Veteran Offenders Restorative Justice Act
This act has previously sustained bipartisan support. Countless state officials worked to perfect it. It currently has the support of nine different veteran support organizations.
On ‘learning loss’ and the critical need to address existing inequities in education
Perhaps unintentionally, “learning loss” demonizes some family and community experiences, while maintaining oppressive, dominant race and class-based views of education.
In support of an anti-displacement agenda
A post-COVID housing crisis isn’t imminent, it’s here. One year into the pandemic, still-rampant unemployment and growing debt mean that families who have barely managed to scrape by are reaching a breaking point.
Shifts in Minneapolis tax base make 2022 more ominous for homeowners
First, the city’s tax base is stalling. Second, the outwash of the pandemic will shift 2022’s tax burden more toward homeowners. Third, there’s no hefty addition to the tax base in 2022 from the expiration of development districts, something that buffered this year’s tax bills.
Minnesota at risk of missing sports betting again
Sports betting could bring in more than $40 million a year in new tax revenue, so it’s particularly perplexing that lawmakers are not taking a closer look at legalization.
