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Transit equity means more than light rail
April 11, 2014
The debate surrounding Southwest light-rail transit (SWLRT) shouldn’t be confined to rerouting freight rail and shallow tunnels. Wouldn’t we be better served by figuring out how light rail can be
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Face It! You Can’t Change Society Without Addressing Racism
Growing up on the east side of St. Paul, Minnesota, Renee Zschokke was surrounded by racism, but didn’t even know it. Her crime-ridden neighborhood, enveloped in violence she fell victim
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How Pro-Austerity Groups Lost the Deficit Wars
t’s debt ceiling time and the US economy is once again on the brink, held hostage by extremists hell-bent on forcing cuts to Medicare and Social Security. Oh wait. That
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Raising Minnesota’s minimum wage expected to be hot issue
Scott Coykendall lost a $63,000-a-year job a few years ago, had one for a while at around $17 an hour, and for the past few months has worked full time
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Humphrey Public Affairs panel agrees: King’s Dream remains a dream, not our reality
The 1964 Civil Rights Act became law 50 years ago, and the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs this year is hosting a series of events to commemorate
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Legislators are put on the spot to ‘raise the wage’
Raise the wage to at least $9.50 per hour, indexed to inflation, was the message area senators and representatives received from more than 80 residents Saturday, Jan. 25 at the
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Pro: Should the minimum wage be raised?
On Jan. 1, more than 2.5 million low-paid workers throughout the country got a raise. Unfortunately, none of these workers lives in Minnesota. Thanks to minimum-wage increases that took effect
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Nation’s New Mayors Revive Big-City Liberalism
Like all newly elected politicians, the class of mayors being sworn in as the year begins has made many grand promises. … “It’s not news that there are Democrats being
