Martin Luther King’s legacy under siege
'We have an opportunity to make America a better nation.'
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.
'We have an opportunity to make America a better nation.'
Keith Ellison's victory was part of a DFL sweep in Minnesota that surprised pundits and pollsters.
In Minnesota, Erin Maye Quade, Zaynab Mohamed, and Clare Oumou Verbeten will join Senator Bobby Joe Champion in the Minnesota...
A summary of these threats that Minnesota voters should keep foremost in mind when casting their ballots on November 8.
This is the fourth and last of MSR’s “Elections Under Attack” series that looks at threats to our elections growing...
'There is nowhere I feel safe. Do you know how it feels to have the president of the United States...
Election sabotage is not just something that could happen in November 2022 or in 2024: It is an ongoing crime...
In Minnesota, Republican Kim Crockett is running for Secretary of State on a Big Lie platform.
In Minnesota, Republican secretary of state candidate Kim Crockett has repeatedly attacked the election process and insisted on the Big...
Ukrainian refugees need and deserve the world's sympathy, support and shelter. So do the rest of the world's refugees—regardless of...
Developments in the case of the police killing of Amir Locke continue. This article summarizes facts known at this time.
Not only do the rancid rightwing racists want to keep students from learning about slavery, civil rights, and racism—they don’t...
We as a nation desperately need the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, which was passed by the House...
In the past, some Republicans supported strengthening the capacity of the attorney general's office to prosecute criminals but not in...
The DOJ investigation of the Minneapolis Police Department will focus on patterns and practices of policing, not on an individual...
In the states that do report, White people get vaccinated at a much higher rate than Black Americans.
If these thousands of people had been Black Lives Matter protesters instead of right-wing Trumpists, they would have been met...
Today is a day to celebrate. Tomorrow and next week and every week after that, our work continues.
Police pepper-sprayed a disabled woman, children, and many others at a peaceful march to the polls in Graham, North Carolina...
Resistance is rooted in hope, not in despair.
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