How is it that the Pope never condemned the attacking of Muslims who had no militaries as the U.S. attacked defenseless Muslims using its superpower military?
Frank Erickson
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When things get ugly, Whites circle the wagons
‘Shock and awe was a vicious unprovoked attack, so why didn’t Europe help Iraqis when the United States attacked in 2003?’
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Hold U.S. to same standard as Potter: ‘tragic mistakes’ not allowed
For two decades now, the U.S. government has been blowing up innocent people in the Middle East.
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The Chauvin trial
Why then is this Chauvin killing Floyd case so up in the air? Why is there all this concern about Chauvin getting a ‘fair’ trial?
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Letter to the Editor
The audacity of councilwoman Cano to work for the removal of the police, which leaves all Minneapolis women high and dry if they are being attacked or threatened – and then she turns around and hires armed security.
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Police, military, it’s all the same
Letting Joe Biden take a mulligan for attacking Iraq is part of the same structural racism that got George Floyd murdered. What else gives privileged Whites in Washington the freedom to attack defenseless Arabs who were not attacking anyone? Certainly not “war.” If Blacks, Muslims, Native Americans or Latinos started a “war,” they would pay […]
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Renters should not be discriminated against based on income
Landlords using income requirements is obviously discriminatory toward low-income people.
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Capitalism the root cause of so-called housing crisis
On Friday night, December 13, Native American activists marched towards the former South Minneapolis homeless encampment known as the “Wall of the Forgotten Natives” to bring attention to the need for more emergency shelter beds and fewer barriers to housing.
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The housing market is bleeding us dry
Renters know the truth that regardless of the rent being charged, most landlords invest only what they must to keep their buildings up and running.
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What moon landing?
Why are people given the freedom to not believe in God, but not the freedom to question whether the U.S. landing on the moon happened? It appears that a professional athlete not believing the U.S. landed on the moon will get him in as much trouble as not standing during the national anthem. There’s a […]
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How come renters can’t get help, but landlords can?
Just 14 percent of Minneapolis landlords own 80 percent of the city’s rental units. These landlords are very wealthy, yet they will be the ones to receive the bulk of the huge property tax breaks (a 40 percent deduction) from this new program for keeping rents “affordable.”
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Dakota property extends beyond Hiawatha
If a Native renter was getting evicted and took their case to court asking the judge, “How can this White landlord evict me from property that is mine?” would Mayor Frey stand with the Native renter?
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Opinion: The homeless need homes, not hugs
If Mayor Frey wants to do something that really matters when it comes to this homeless crisis, he would go after the landlords who put the homeless out in the streets in the first place.
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Fear is not a justification for death
Many Whites believe the officers’ fear of being lured into an ambush is legitimate because they would process it the same way.
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MPD officers are the picture of White supremacy
The full body photos taken of Minneapolis Police officers Justin Schmidt and Ryan Kelly right after the killing of Thurman Blevins, appearing in the July 31 Star Tribune, are hard to look at. They look more like mug shots.
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It’s time to clean up the trash
These corporate politicians are really good at funding the military industrial complex and then searching out “enemies” that have only hand-held weapons.
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Aren’t lives worth the cost of Minnesota’s only local suicide crisis hotline?
The Crisis Connection phone line was one of the tools I had and used within my mental health toolbox.
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U of M Black football players bearing the burden
Mitchell Hamline School Of Law professor Marie Failinger said the nine U of M football players suing the University have a lot to prove to win their case.
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There’s nothing fair and balanced about ‘fraudphobia’
After Fox 9 TV reported claims that Somali American daycare facilities were guilty of fraud and sending the money overseas, a Star Tribune editorial stated, “While nothing can eradicate greed, there’s always room to improve fraud detection… The Fox 9 TV report underscored that ongoing responsibility. Senator Jim Abeler, R-Anoka, struck the right tone about […]
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The rent is too damn high
The definition of a cartel is a group of “individuals or firms who agree not to compete with each other and therefore keeping prices fixed to maximize profits.” Both local landlords and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are doing the same thing, yet when it comes to White landlords, they call what […]