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March 27, 2012
Anoka-Hennepin school board says 'no' to ex-gay therapy
"No." It's a word the Parents Action League hasn't heard much in their 18 year history with the Anoka-Hennepin school district. But times have definitely changed since members of PAL -- a conservative Christian parents group -- helped draft a 1995 curriculum policy that said homosexuality should n ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2012
Parents Action League listed as a hate group
The Southern Poverty Law Center recently released its annual "Hate Map" which identifies over 1,000 groups all over the U.S. that it considers to be hate groups.Debuting this year is the Champlain-based group Parents Action League, which testified at many Anoka-Hennepin school board meetings agai ... More >>
Blogs
March 6, 2012
Anoka-Hennepin settles lawsuit with bullied students
Last night, the Anoka-Hennepin school district settled the lawsuit brought against it by six students who say they were bullied for being gay. The settlement requires that the district implement a raft of anti-harassment policies, which will stay in place for five years. "Nothing like this has b ... More >>
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February 14, 2012
Anoka-Hennepin school board kills the neutrality policy
Moments after the final vote.The "no homo promo" is no 'mo. In front of a standing room-only audience, five of the six Anoka-Hennepin school board members voted to retire its controversial Sexual Orientation Curriculum policy. The so-called "neutrality policy" or "no homo promo" has been rewrit ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2012
Anoka-Hennepin school district's gay-bullying problem profiled in Rolling Stone
In its current issue, Rolling Stone magazine becomes the latest big-name national media outlet to come down hard on the gay-bullying problem in the Anoka-Hennepin school district. In "School of Hate: One Town's War on Gay Teens" reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely writes about the plight of gay studen ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2012
Jefferson Fietek, Anoka-Hennepin teacher and gay rights advocate, is running for state senate
Jefferson Fietek has made a name for himself as the most outspoken teacher in the Anoka-Hennepin school district's "neutrality policy" debate -- now he's parlaying that notoriety into a run for state senate. "I definitely think this work that I've done locally -- and transitioned into nationally ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2012
Anoka-Hennepin school board unveils newest "neutrality policy" replacement
Less than a week after ditching the incredibly controversial "Controversial Topics Policy," the Anoka-Hennepin School Board took another crack at rewriting its "Sexual Orientation Curriculum Policy." Conservative Christian parents and LGBT rights advocates gathered once more to hear the language ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Anoka-Hennepin school district ditches new "controversial topics" policy
After two contentious school board meetings, it appears the Anoka-Hennepin school board is backing away from a rewritten version of the so-called neutrality policy. The Sexual Orientation Curriculum Policy currently on the books was going to be renamed the "Controversial Topics Policy," which r ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Parent group demands ex-gay therapy training in Anoka-Hennepin schools
Gay rights advocates may not have liked the language of the "controversial topics policy" that may replace the Anoka-Hennepin school district's "neutrality policy," but at least there appeared to be movement on the issue. Now, conservative Christian parents are hoping to move things in just the ... More >>
Blogs
December 13, 2011
Anoka-Hennepin School Board holds contentious reading of revised "neutrality policy"
Janet Boynes speaks in support of keeping the "no homo promo."Last night's Anoka-Hennepin School Board meeting was the first time the public was able to react to the language replacing the district's controversial Sexual Orientation Curriculum Policy. The so-called "neutrality" policy's most stal ... More >>
Blogs
October 11, 2011
Anoka-Hennepin students talk, sing to Anderson Cooper about anti-gay bullying [VIDEO]
Anderson Cooper talked to Kyle, bullying victim and scene-stealer.Anderson Cooper is making it something of a personal mission to take on the school bullying issue, and every night this week on CNN is devoted to his "Bullying: It Stops Now" campaign.To kick off the series on Sunday night, Cooper ... More >>
Blogs
October 6, 2011
Anoka-Hennepin district quietly changes "neutrality policy" test question
Jefferson Fietek, a drama teacher at Anoka Middle School, was supposed to answer six simple questions to prove he'd watched a training presentation put out by the Anoka-Hennepin school district. The test was supposed to be easy. But the way it was written made passing impossible. The wording of ... More >>
Blogs
October 4, 2011
Michele Bachmann responds to Anoka-Hennepin suicides without addressing gay-bullying
It took a while, but Michele Bachmann has finally addressed the anti-gay bullying and suicides in her district. Uh, sort of. In response to a petition delivered to her St. Cloud office three weeks ago, the congresswoman sent an email to 6th district constituents who signed it. In it, she ackno ... More >>
Blogs
September 29, 2011
Minnesota gets an F in civil rights history
The Civil Rights Movement was a big thing that happened, like, a really long time ago. Some people were being mean to other people who had darker skin. At least, that's what New York told us.Minnesota is one of 35 (!) states that got an F in the Southern Poverty Law Center's new report on the tea ... More >>
News
September 28, 2011
Erik Turbenson suicide foreshadowed gay taunting trouble at Anoka-Hennepin
One student's tragic struggle inside the school district
Blogs
September 28, 2011
Anoka-Hennepin teacher training test requires affirmation of "neutrality policy"
Anoka-HennepinTeachers at high schools like Anoka are being asked to neuter their feelings on neutrality.Teachers who have a problem with the Anoka-Hennepin school district's so-called "no homo promo" policy are in yet another tight spot. The policy says that staff "shall remain neutral on matte ... More >>
Blogs
September 28, 2011
Everyone's a loser when black radical confronts white conservative at UM-Duluth[VIDEO]
Phil Cleary is a young conservative activist, who decided he wanted to push literature for an anti-immigration group called "Youth for Western Civilization." Blair Moses is a young radical who decided he wanted to wear a shirt bearing the face of Huey P. Newton, founder of the Black Panthers.This ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2011
Steve Wilkins, Michele Bachmann's Confederate historian
Steve Wilkins is a good Confederate but a bad historian. Michele Bachmann has a troubled past when it comes to race relations, particularly as it relates to her understanding of slavery. Bachmann doesn't seem to know what is was like, or how it ended. Sometimes she forgets it existed at all. How ... More >>
Blogs
August 11, 2011
Sixth student sues Anoka-Hennepin school district over gay bullying [UPDATE]
Samantha Johnson's is one of at least four suicides blamed on bullying.The Anoka-Hennepin school district has been slapped with yet another lawsuit over gay bullying in its schools and its policy of "neutrality" on issues of homosexuality. The plaintiff, a 15-year-old former Jackson Middle School ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2011
City Pages' Jessica Lussenhop named among "Best Young Writers on the Internet"
Jessica Lussenhop was one of a dozen writers chosen.City Pages staff writer Jessica Lussenhop has been chosen as one of the "Best Young Writers on the Internet" by the Business Insider. Lussenhop was one of a dozen young journalists selected for the list, joining staffers at The New York Times, T ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2011
Michele Bachmann signs hate group's anti-gay marriage pledge
Michele Bachmann and her husband Marcus, heterosexual crusaders.Shocking no one, Michele Bachmann signed a pledge from the National Organization of Marriage, promising to do everything she can to keep gay people from being happily married. In the recent past, Bachmann's gotten in a spot of troubl ... More >>
Blogs
July 28, 2011
Timeline of the Anoka-Hennepin school district's LGBT neutrality policy [INFOGRAPHIC]
Courtesy of Aaberg familyJustin Aaberg, a district student, was only 15 when he took his own life.Anoka-Hennepin, the state's largest school district, has become the focus of national controversy. The district is being probed by the Department of Justice and Office of Civil Rights while at the ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2011
Michele Bachmann's district sees rash of gay teen suicides
The controversial policy mirrors Bachmann's position on homosexuality in schoolsThe teenagers who have committed suicide in the school district Michele Bachmann represents have begun to haunt her campaign like activist ghosts.Bachmann's district includes the Anoka-Hennepin County School District, ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2011
Five students suing Anoka-Hennepin schools over gay bullying
Justin Aaberg committed suicide after years of bullying.The Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Center for Lesbian Rights are suing the Anoka-Hennepin County School District on behalf of five current and former students, claiming that the district's hands-off policy on sexual orientation ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2011
Keith Ellison breaks down in tears at Muslim hearings [VIDEO]
Ellison breaks down.Rep. Keith Ellison spent weeks deriding the congressional hearings that opened today on radical Muslims, orchestrated by Rep. Peter King of New York, as little more than an attempt to spread fear and hatred of a religious minority. When it came his turn to testify and de ... More >>
Blogs
January 30, 2011
Sarah Lindstrom and Desiree Shelton win right to attend Champlin Park H.S. pep fest together
The lawsuit is off and the kids are alright. Openly lesbian Champlin Park High School students Sarah Lindstrom and Desiree Shelton have won the right to walk together in the processional for the school's annual Snow Days Pep Fest.
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 >>
News
December 1, 2010
Fair-y Tales
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
August 4, 2010
Tim Pawlenty goes nativist on English-only
Love it or leave it, amigos!Still lagging badly as a possible presidential candidate, Tim Pawlenty is now making a strong pitch for the xenophobe vote. At a news conference yesterday, Pawlenty hinted that the state should consider making English its official language.
Blogs
June 24, 2010
Michele Bachman tops SPLC list of militia enablers
The Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that tracks hate groups, has released a report on the rise of the "Patriot" movement -- right-wing paranoiacs who see creeping socialist totalitarianism in everything from the postal service to the president's middle name. It's also compiled a list ... More >>
News
May 5, 2010
Terror becomes Arizona policy
The Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that tracks hate groups, has released a report on the rise of the "Patriot" movement -- right-wing paranoiacs who see creeping socialist totalitarianism in everything from the postal service to the president's middle name. It's also compiled a list ... More >>
Blogs
April 22, 2010
Michele Bachmann listed among dangerous "Patriots"
The Southern Poverty Law Center, long known for tracking right wing extremist groups, has released a new report on the "Patriot" movement, and Michele Bachmann is prominently featured.The report lists 40 prominent men and women involved with the "Patriot" movement, anti-government militia-minded ... More >>
Blogs
October 27, 2006
10/27 Morning Communiqué
The Southern Poverty Law Center, long known for tracking right wing extremist groups, has released a new report on the "Patriot" movement, and Michele Bachmann is prominently featured.The report lists 40 prominent men and women involved with the "Patriot" movement, anti-government militia-minded ... More >>
Blogs
July 10, 2006
7/10 Morning Communiqué
The Southern Poverty Law Center, long known for tracking right wing extremist groups, has released a new report on the "Patriot" movement, and Michele Bachmann is prominently featured.The report lists 40 prominent men and women involved with the "Patriot" movement, anti-government militia-minded ... More >>
Music
November 8, 2000
Aural History
Larry Long overturns the "great man" theory of traditional music, one folk at a time
News
June 24, 1998
Not in our Backyard
Scott Paulson was sick of his stepson's complaints about a white posse beating up his black friends. Then the phalanx of trucks pulled up on his lawn.

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