‘I should have learned the story of Emmett Till in my history classes. I never did.’
Mary Turck
Mary Turck is a contributing writer at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. She has published extensively as a journalist and has edited the Connection to the Americas and of the TC Daily Planet. Her website, maryturck.com, includes her literary and political blogs.
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Op-Ed: A Supreme Court that has eyes but refuses to see
This is not colorblindness, but rather the willful blindness.
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Martin Luther King’s legacy under siege
‘We have an opportunity to make America a better nation.’
Posted inLocal & State, News
‘People’s Lawyer’ Keith Ellison narrowly wins second term
Keith Ellison’s victory was part of a DFL sweep in Minnesota that surprised pundits and pollsters.
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Counting the wins and losses of November 8
In Minnesota, Erin Maye Quade, Zaynab Mohamed, and Clare Oumou Verbeten will join Senator Bobby Joe Champion in the Minnesota Senate.
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Countdown to November 8
A summary of these threats that Minnesota voters should keep foremost in mind when casting their ballots on November 8.
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Attacking voting rights
This is the fourth and last of MSR’s “Elections Under Attack” series that looks at threats to our elections growing out of the Big Lie that the former president won the 2020 election.
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Threats to election officials
‘There is nowhere I feel safe. Do you know how it feels to have the president of the United States target you?’
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Sabotaging the election process
Election sabotage is not just something that could happen in November 2022 or in 2024: It is an ongoing crime that began with the 2020 election.
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Big Lie candidates running in November
In Minnesota, Republican Kim Crockett is running for Secretary of State on a Big Lie platform.
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Election deniers win some, lose some
In Minnesota, Republican secretary of state candidate Kim Crockett has repeatedly attacked the election process and insisted on the Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen.
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Racist double standards common immigration practice—including in U.S.
Ukrainian refugees need and deserve the world’s sympathy, support and shelter. So do the rest of the world’s refugees—regardless of race.
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The Amir Locke police killing: Facts on file
Developments in the case of the police killing of Amir Locke continue. This article summarizes facts known at this time.
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Banning history is racist: stand up, fight back!
Not only do the rancid rightwing racists want to keep students from learning about slavery, civil rights, and racism—they don’t want teachers to learn history either.
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Act now to protect voting rights and preserve the nation
We as a nation desperately need the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, which was passed by the House of Representatives on January 13, and is held hostage today by the Senate filibuster threat.
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MN Republicans are not serious about law and order
In the past, some Republicans supported strengthening the capacity of the attorney general’s office to prosecute criminals but not in this legislative session.
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Digging deeper: the Justice Department investigation of Minneapolis police
The DOJ investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department will focus on patterns and practices of policing, not on an individual case.
Posted inCOVID-19, Local & State, National, News
Time to act on COVID vaccination racial disparities
In the states that do report, White people get vaccinated at a much higher rate than Black Americans.
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Insurrection and White Privilege
If these thousands of people had been Black Lives Matter protesters instead of right-wing Trumpists, they would have been met with armored police, tear gas, and bullets.
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Celebrate, and keep working
Today is a day to celebrate. Tomorrow and next week and every week after that, our work continues.