Police pepper-sprayed a disabled woman, children, and many others at a peaceful march to the polls in Graham, North Carolina on Saturday, October 31
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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Down-ballot races: crucial part of election
In many ways, down-ballot races have a larger impact on daily life than the presidential election.
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Making your vote count
Misinformation about voting is everywhere this year. Despite that, voting has never been easier in Minnesota.
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Deep disparities in Minnesota’s COVID-19 numbers
Doing the work includes telling the truth about COVID disparities and acting to protect elders and children and communities hit hard by the racial disparities in COVID-19.
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Dismantling the U.S. Postal Service
The attack on USPS slows down more than ballots and election results.
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Progressives win in primary election
In the Minnesota legislature, progressive challengers defeated incumbent DFL representatives in four primary contests, all in what are considered ‘safe’ DFL districts.
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Defund/abolish/restructure the Minneapolis Police?
Will Minneapolis voters vote on policing changes on November 3? We’ll find out August 5.
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Reopening the schools: whether and how
There’s a lot to consider in reopening schools in September.
Posted inOpinion
John Lewis: Making a way out of no way
John Lewis held fast to his ideals of truth and justice for all.
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Celebrate: Supreme Court says yes to DACA
The Supreme Court’s decision basically rescinds the Trump administration rescission, but it does not guarantee a future for DACA recipients.
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What does ending the Minneapolis Police Department mean? (updated)
Dismantling the MPD will take time and community involvement and will be strenuously resisted by the police.
Posted inSpecial Editions
Thinking about dreaming
By Mary Turck Adjunct faculty member at Macalester College and Metropolitan State University and former editor of TC Daily Planet Hard to think about dreams after the election — nightmares dominate, 24/7. Thinking about dreams, I remember Langston Hughes: Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with […]
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BLOG | Stopping private prison profiteering in Minnesota
“They are not building these prisons to stay empty,” Reverend Ovester Armstrong, Jr. told protesters at the Minnesota State Office Building on March 22. “They are building these prisons to fill them up.”
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Mpls Public Housing residents fight redevelopment plan
Residents of Glendale and the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) have been feuding since May 2015 over the future of the Twin Cities’ oldest public housing. Glendale, located between Prospect Park and the University of Minnesota campus, has 184 townhome units. Most of its 600 residents are African Americans or East African and Hmong immigrants.
Last year the MPHA took a proposal for a Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) redevelopment project for Glendale to the Minneapolis City Council.
Posted inOpinion
BLOG | Black Lives Matter goes to the Minnesota State Fair
Why, you may ask. Why the Fair? Maybe because the Fair is the Great Minnesota Get-Together, and it should not exclude Black Minnesotans. And it does.
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BLOG | Obamacare, fair housing and a little jiggery-pokery
Three cheers for SCOTUS! The marriage equality decision almost overshadowed two other important decisions, as the Supreme Court of the United States again upheld Obamacare, and also issued a tremendously important fair housing decision that could have specific application to Twin Cities housing policies.