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April 25, 2012
The Terrorists Next Door
National security laws have transformed America's most vulnerable immigrants into terrorists
Blogs
March 15, 2012
Iowa not cool with Bradlee Dean's public school invasion
Bradlee Dean has really screwed up the town of Dunkerton, Iowa. Dean and his Christian-rap-metal troupe, Junkyard Prophet, hosted a supposed "anti-bullying" assembly at the Dunkertown high school last week that literally left some of the kids in tears. Among the more controversial messages deliv ... More >>
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March 6, 2012
Tania Z. Chance filed complaint against Burnsville superintendent before taking buyout
It certainly seems there's something fishy going on in the Burnsville school district with regard to the Tania Z. Chance controversy -- something district administrators are trying to sweep under the rug.Chance, 39, was the district's human resources director until she accepted a curiosity-piquin ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2011
The most gay-friendly Twin Cities employers
The Human Rights Campaign assessed companies' GLBT-friendlinessThe Human Rights Campaign Foundation has released a study measuring hundreds of companies' friendliness to gay employees. If their survey is any indication, Minnesota companies tend to do well by their GLBT employees. Thirteen Mi ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2011
Lynn Torgerson running another anti-Muslim campaign against Ellison
Torgerson's back for more.Lynn Torgerson dumped all over Rep. Keith Ellison during the 2010 congressional campaign, trashing his Muslim faith as little more than a breeding ground for criminals, and not deserving of free speech protection under the Constitution. Voters in the 5th congression ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2011
Target sues Target and gets countersued by Target
Mr. T in DCThere can be only one Target. In Canada.Target is suing Target over who Target is, and Target is suing Target right back. In a legal act of recursive solipsism unparalleled since Kramer vs. Kramer, our hometown corporate behemoth is suing a Canadian company of the same name over w ... More >>
Blogs
April 8, 2011
Target's anti-gay-rights lawsuit rejected by judge
j.reedSeriously, who's running public relations for these guys?It's not that Target's executive leadership has a problem with the gays -- they just wish they wouldn't stand so close to them. Unfortunately for the retail giant, its lawsuit to get gay-rights activists to stop standing on the s ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2011
Target sues gay rights group
Mr. T in DCTarget's gay-rights public-relations meltdown just keeps on going.The Target Corporation just can't seem to make nice to gay folks. After months of terrible publicity over its funding of anti-gay-marriage political candidates, its subsequent sorry-if-you-took-that-the-wrong-way ap ... More >>
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February 18, 2011
Target changes political donation policy
Mr T. In DCThe all-seeing eye of Target has registered your concerns and is forming a committee.In the aftermath of the public relations train-wreck that was Target's donation to MNForward, the corporation has revised its policy on how it sets about influencing our elections. Target CEO Greg ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2011
Islamic law center opens on University of Minnesota campus today
Keith Ellison will speak at the Islamic law center's opening.It's been almost 10 years since the 9/11 attacks. We're still stuck in Iraq and Afghanistan. Egypt is in the midst of a bloody revolution whose outcome is uncertain at best. And everyone seems to have an opinion about Muslims--informed ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2011
Target isn't sponsoring this week's LGBT equality conference. Why not?
mmtzjr69outBankroll the haters and the hated will think twice about taking your money.The National Conference on LGBT Equality is in town this week at the Minneapolis Hilton, running a series of lectures and workshops for equality activists. All the big local corporations have hopped on boar ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2011
SPLC sues Anoka-Hennepin for denying lesbians' rights in Snow Days [UPDATE]
The Anoka-Hennepin School District can't seem to come to terms with the idea that Champlin Park High School students have voted for two lesbians to be among the "royalty" at its annual Snow Days Pep Fest and Coronation. And instead of just allowing openly gay girls Desiree Shelton and Sarah ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2011
ACLU of Minnesota accidentally dissolved itself
ACLU-MN.orgFor a minute there, they lost themselves.The ACLU of Minnesota doesn't actually exist. That was one of the more awkward revelations in last week's flurry of filings in the ACLU's ongoing lawsuit against the Tariq ibn Ziyad Academy. The civil liberties group sued the school and the ... More >>
Blogs
December 28, 2010
Teacher Walter Filson sues state after being publicly linked to gay taunts
Anoka-Hennepin teacher Walter Filson isn't laughing. Anoka-Hennepin teacher Walter Filson thought it would be funny to taunt a boy in his class about liking to dress in women's clothes, and having a thing for older men. He didn't think it was so funny when his own name was made public, after ... More >>
News
December 15, 2010
The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty
Anoka-Hennepin teacher Walter Filson isn't laughing. Anoka-Hennepin teacher Walter Filson thought it would be funny to taunt a boy in his class about liking to dress in women's clothes, and having a thing for older men. He didn't think it was so funny when his own name was made public, after ... More >>
News
November 17, 2010
Steve Horner sues to stop ladies' night
Horner's been on a quest to criminalize ladies' night for 20 years
News
October 27, 2010
DNA Nation
Anoka County demanding DNA samples from suspected welfare cheats
Blogs
September 10, 2010
Human Rights Campaign counters Target's Emmer donation
mmtzjr69outNew campaign cash aims to counteract Target's Emmer donation.Target set off a good-sized ruckus this summer when it dropped $150,000 on a political fund backing GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer. Gay rights advocates were incensed, arguing that by backing such a nakedly homophobic ... More >>
News
August 25, 2010
Asylum Denied
Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum
Blogs
July 15, 2010
Peter Rickmyer, Level 3 sex offender, hollers discrimination
The perpetual Jordan neighborhood gadfly has filed a complaint with the Minneapolis Department of Human Rights claiming he's being discriminated against for his sexual orientation.
Blogs
July 14, 2010
Teacher Diane Cleveland's rights violated by Human Rights department
Photo: dave mcmtDiane Cleveland had a right to privacy, a judge says.Anoka-Hennepin teacher Diane Cleveland's privacy rights were violated when her name was made public by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights during its investigation of comments she made about a straight student's perceiv ... More >>
Blogs
June 11, 2010
"Ladies Night" discriminates unfairly, state rules
So much for thatMen and women can now get plowed on the cheap equally, or not at all: The Minnesota Department of Human Rights is reinforcing an old rule that "Ladies Night" drink specials amount to illegal gender discrimination. Talk about a buzz kill. The sobering news comes after MDHR c ... More >>
Blogs
June 10, 2010
Betty McCollum seeks resolution for Peter Erlinder's release
McCollum reminds the Rwandan government of U.S. generosity in foreign aidWill this help? Rep. Betty McCollum has introduced, and Keith Ellison has cosponsored, a U.S. House resolution calling on the Rwandan government to release accused genocide denier William Mitchell law professor Peter Erl ... More >>
News
May 5, 2010
Terror becomes Arizona policy
McCollum reminds the Rwandan government of U.S. generosity in foreign aidWill this help? Rep. Betty McCollum has introduced, and Keith Ellison has cosponsored, a U.S. House resolution calling on the Rwandan government to release accused genocide denier William Mitchell law professor Peter Erl ... More >>
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May 5, 2010
Help us help the ACLU challenge Arizona immigration law
McCollum reminds the Rwandan government of U.S. generosity in foreign aidWill this help? Rep. Betty McCollum has introduced, and Keith Ellison has cosponsored, a U.S. House resolution calling on the Rwandan government to release accused genocide denier William Mitchell law professor Peter Erl ... More >>
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April 28, 2010
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McCollum reminds the Rwandan government of U.S. generosity in foreign aidWill this help? Rep. Betty McCollum has introduced, and Keith Ellison has cosponsored, a U.S. House resolution calling on the Rwandan government to release accused genocide denier William Mitchell law professor Peter Erl ... More >>
News
April 28, 2010
The Crucifixion of Juarez
On the front line of the U.S. war on drugs, a Mexican city bleeds to death
Blogs
February 12, 2010
Al Franken allies with Tom Coburn to oppose Uganda's death-to-homosexuals bill
Uganda's Parliament could outlaw homosexuality and make it a crime punishable by death.
Blogs
December 29, 2009
Forced repatriation of ethnic Hmong raises state senator's ire
Mee Moua joins the international outcry over the fate of 4,000 Hmong forced to return to Laos.
Blogs
December 15, 2009
Lynne Torgerson denies attacking Keith Ellison's Muslim faith
In an interview, the Minneapolis lawyer defends her comments about Islam and Keith Ellison.
Calendar
December 10, 2008
A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman
In an interview, the Minneapolis lawyer defends her comments about Islam and Keith Ellison.
Calendar
October 15, 2008
Literary Legends: Khaled Hosseini
In an interview, the Minneapolis lawyer defends her comments about Islam and Keith Ellison.
Calendar
December 5, 2007
Jane Rhodes
In an interview, the Minneapolis lawyer defends her comments about Islam and Keith Ellison.
Restaurants
June 22, 2005
Bag a Bunch of Bagels
Twin Cities bagels, revealed, celebrated, or mocked mercilessly, depending on which paragraph you read
Books
January 5, 2000
Little Monrovia
They can quote the Constitution and sing "The Star-Spangled Banner." Their ancestors hail from Virginia. Meet the Twin Cities' newest African immigrants.
Books
June 30, 1999
Patricia Henley: Hummingbird House
They can quote the Constitution and sing "The Star-Spangled Banner." Their ancestors hail from Virginia. Meet the Twin Cities' newest African immigrants.
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October 16, 1996
Foreign Affairs
Bill Clinton's Indonesian connection brought him campaign cash in exchange for influence--and continued inaction on the country's notorious human rights abuses.

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