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  • Blogs

    April 25, 2012

    Heiruspecs' Sean McPherson talks music copyright with expert Peter DiCola

    By Sean McPhersonSean McPherson teaches at McNally Smith College of Music, is a founding member of Twin Cities hip-hop collective Heiruspecs, and plays bass with Dessa's touring band. He recently conducted a conversation with a leader in the changing terrain of the music copyright world, Northwester ... More >>

  • Music

    January 18, 2012

    Roy Wilkins: Who was he?

    The story behind the iconic St. Paul venue

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Kurt Zellers, House Speaker, flunks Voting Rights 101

    Kurt Zellers gets voting rights wrong.​Republicans are trying to rebrand themselves as "constitutional conservatives" these days, as if they are the only true adherents to our nation's founding principles and documents. So it was a little jarring yesterday to hear Republican House Speaker Kurt Ze ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Antonin Scalia: Constitution doesn't protect Michele Bachmann

    WikiAntonin Scalia: The 14th Amendment for me, but not thee.​ When Michele Bachmann bragged to Lou Dobbs that she'd talked the Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia into teaching teabaggers the Constitution, solo, did she know that Scalia didn't believe the document protects her from discrimin ... More >>

  • News

    December 15, 2010

    The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty

    WikiAntonin Scalia: The 14th Amendment for me, but not thee.​ When Michele Bachmann bragged to Lou Dobbs that she'd talked the Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia into teaching teabaggers the Constitution, solo, did she know that Scalia didn't believe the document protects her from discrimin ... 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 20, 2010

    Operation Streamline: An immigration boondoggle

    Project Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesn't Work

  • 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.

  • News

    June 9, 2010

    Do DWI laws work?

    One in seven Minnesotans has a drunk driving conviction. Are we any safer?

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Ellison foe Torgerson says Islam promotes criminal behavior

    Lynne Torgerson says she's big on freedom of speech and freedom of religion, but not, evidently, when it comes to Muslims.

  • News

    February 4, 2009

    New law could make fathers' rights come smoother

    Dad tells of spending $30,000 to win time with his kids

  • News

    October 15, 2008

    Holly Ann Collins faces new custody dispute

    After returning from 14 years of hiding in Amsterdam and resolving her kidnapping case, the expat mother faces a new legal challenge

  • News

    July 30, 2008

    Battered woman becomes American refugee in Amsterdam

    Her husband beat her, so she couldn't let him take custody of their kids

  • News

    February 27, 2008

    Judge and wife allege harassment by Minneapolis police

    James and Lois Cannon seek apology from cops

  • News

    January 23, 2008

    Minneapolis civil rights department being decimated from within

    In less than a year, Michael Jordan has dismantled the city agency responsible for upholding civil rights

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2007

    Latino cop files discrimination suit against MPD

    In less than a year, Michael Jordan has dismantled the city agency responsible for upholding civil rights

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2007

    A Civil Action

    In less than a year, Michael Jordan has dismantled the city agency responsible for upholding civil rights

  • News

    September 6, 2006

    Forbidden Fruit

    It's the world's largest music and movies superstore, and everything in it is free—and illegal. Every month, some five billion illegal downloads are passed around the internet, and the entertainment industry sues several hundred people. CP writer St

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2006

    The R.T. shuffle, continued

    It's the world's largest music and movies superstore, and everything in it is free—and illegal. Every month, some five billion illegal downloads are passed around the internet, and the entertainment industry sues several hundred people. CP writer St

  • News

    March 1, 2006

    High Crimes

    Daniel Otto and his girlfriend just wanted to get loaded one summer night. Neither of them imagined that she would wind up dead and he would be charged with murder.

  • News

    January 18, 2006

    Messenger, Shot

    For 35 years, Larry Blackwell has worked on civil rights issues at city hall. Now he's been shown the door--again.

  • News

    March 16, 2005

    Pappas: Dude, I Totally Just Blew Up Your First Amendment Rights

    For 35 years, Larry Blackwell has worked on civil rights issues at city hall. Now he's been shown the door--again.

  • News

    July 14, 2004

    A Friend in Need

    Stephen Rondestvedt was more than an attorney in the eyes of his clients. He was a friend, and often their only advocate. Which made it pretty easy to rob them blind.

  • News

    June 9, 2004

    Blows Against the Death Penalty

    Local attorney Sandra Babcock recently won a major international court decision

  • News

    May 19, 2004

    Department of the Living Dead

    Why is the city's civil rights office such a chronic mess?

  • News

    May 5, 2004

    Voices and Silence

    It was no secret that Jason Molacek heard voices telling him to murder. Cops, counselors, his parents--they all knew. So why didn't anyone stop him before he shot his mom to death?

  • News

    February 4, 2004

    Tax Change Undercuts Affordable Housing

    State could lose 80,000 units of low-cost housing

  • News

    December 4, 2002

    Dancing as Fast as She Can

    Is the director of the Minneapolis Civil Rights department really doing anything?

  • News

    October 2, 2002

    Don't Ask, Don't Tell

    Police misconduct? Tell somebody who cares.

  • News

    May 22, 2002

    The .14 Cent Solution

    New royalties proposed by the music industry threaten to kill independent Internet radio

  • News

    May 15, 2002

    Blame the Victims

    Laura Goodman-Brown, Minnesota's crime-victims ombudsman, is about to become a victim herself. And she says it's a crime.

  • News

    January 30, 2002

    Freedom Fighters

    Coming to a capitol near you: The Patriot Act Junior

  • Books

    December 26, 2001

    Father Knows Best

    Critics of Minnesota's child-support system object to quick fix

  • Books

    December 19, 2001

    The Letter of the Law

    What ever became of Minneapolis's promise to stamp out racial profiling?

  • News

    October 24, 2001

    Organized Slaughter

    Falling carcasses and untreated injuries: Meatpackers at Dakota Premium Foods were driven to form a union. But not even that got the company's attention.

  • News

    July 4, 2001

    Bitter Pills

    The AIDS drug Ziagen has brought healthy windfalls to the University of Minnesota and GlaxoSmithKline. But it isn't doing anything at all for the millions who are dying of the disease in Africa.

  • Books

    January 3, 2001

    Minar Conflict

    Are prayer sessions at a local Ford dealership protected by the U.S. Constitution?

  • News

    August 16, 2000

    The Complaint Department

    Fifty years ago Minneapolis launched a program to stamp out discrimination. Now many of the dream's supporters doubt the city's civil-rights agencies are equal to the task.

  • Books

    July 5, 2000

    A Game of Chicken

    A lone inventor claims Ecolab is waging a dirty fight over clean poultry

  • Books

    June 7, 2000

    Civil Unrest

    A spat in Minneapolis's Civil Rights department re-ignites a feud

  • News

    December 1, 1999

    This Means eWar!

    Online retailing giant eToys.com plays legal hardball with a similarly named group of digital artists

  • Books

    February 17, 1999

    The Empire Strikes Back

    Bootleg basher Microsoft puts the kibosh on local computer resellers

  • Books

    October 21, 1998

    Civil Disobedience

    Don't want to play by the city's rules? No problem, if you're Dayton Hudson

  • News

    May 28, 1997

    Who Watches the Watchmen?

    Council member Steve Minn hopes to fold the Civilian Police Review Authority into another city department.

  • News

    March 5, 1997

    Camp Kiddy

    Council member Steve Minn hopes to fold the Civilian Police Review Authority into another city department.

  • News

    September 4, 1996

    Double Jeopardy

    Council member Steve Minn hopes to fold the Civilian Police Review Authority into another city department.

  • News

    April 10, 1996

    The Myth of Progressive Taxes

    Council member Steve Minn hopes to fold the Civilian Police Review Authority into another city department.

  • News

    March 6, 1996

    Making a List

    Council member Steve Minn hopes to fold the Civilian Police Review Authority into another city department.

  • News

    January 3, 1996

    Cops and Council Wards

    Council member Steve Minn hopes to fold the Civilian Police Review Authority into another city department.

  • News

    December 20, 1995

    End Notes

    Council member Steve Minn hopes to fold the Civilian Police Review Authority into another city department.

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