A New Challenge to Southwest LRT

Air date: Aug 17, 2014 @ 12:00am

Tags: environment, light rail, Minneapolis

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A lawsuit has been filed by the Lakes and Parks Alliance of Minneapolis, alleging that the SWLRT does not comply with state law. The lawsuit is addressed to the mayor and the City Council, and also to the Federal Transit Administration (Chicago) and to the Compliance Office of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) at the office[...] Read More »

Truth to Tell: Monday, July 5, 2014 — 9 a.m.

Air date: Jul 5, 2014 @ 12:00am

Tags: 1934 strike, Bryan Palmer, Citizen's Alliance, Dave Riehle, labor, Local 547, Mary Wingerd, Minneapolis

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A Turning Point for Labor: The Strike that Transformed Minneapolis Eighty years ago, business interests had made Minneapolis one of the most anti-union towns in the country. Teamsters Local 574 changed that with a strike that galvanized working people throughout the city and set the stage for the great labor victories of the 1930s. More[...] Read More »

TruthToTell – Dec 9: LOCAL POWER GENERATION/OWNERSHIP: The People’s Energy Solutions – Audio Here;Video Coming

Air date: Dec 9, 2013 @ 12:00am

Tags: Andy Driscoll, Cooperative Energy Futures, democratized energy, Democratizing the Electricity System – A Vision for the 21st Century Grid, distributed energy generation, Institute for Local Self-Reliance, John Farrell, Michelle Alimoradi, Minneapolis, municipal ownership, power plants, renewable resources, solar, Timothy DenHerder-Thomas, wind energy

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Not too many months ago, a budding movement toward municipal ownership of energy generation in Minneapolis was cut short by a major public relations campaign by current private regulated monopoly providers, Xcel (for electric service) and CenterPoint Energy (formerly Minnegasco) to defeat the proposal. The proposers were trying to take advantage of the city’s infrequent[...] Read More »

TruthToTell: Community Connections- Returning Homes- Stabilizing communities after the housing crisis

Tags: affordable housing2, Andy Driscoll, Anthony Newby, community connections, Ed Goetz, foreclosure, Foreclosure Crisis, Housing Crisis, Jaymie Kelly, jewish community action, kfai, Michelle Alimoradi, Minneapolis, neighborhoods organizing for change, northside community reinvestment coalition, occupy homes mn, Responsible Banking Ordinance, spnn, St. Paul, stop foreclosures now, TruthToTell, Vic Rosenthal

On Wednesday, November 13, TruthToTell returned to the Minneapolis Urban League for the 9th in its Community Connections series of on-location public forums. In this month’s forum, TTT looks at the ripple effects of still ever-present foreclosures in the Twin Cities Metro and solutions for community stabilization in the wake storm.

TruthToTell, Nov. 18- TruthToTell: Community Connections VIIII- Returning Homes: Stabilizing communities after the housing crisis

Air date: Nov 18, 2013 @ 12:00am

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Foreclosures Double Feature- TruthToTell: Community Connections on Foreclosure Solutions & Encore of Health Effects of Foreclosure

Air date: Nov 11, 2013 @ 12:00am

Tags: affordable housing, Andy Driscoll, Anthony Newby, CHRIS GRAY, community connections, Ed Goetz, foreclosure, Foreclosure Crisis, Gayle Lindsey, Housing Crisis, Jaymie Kelly, jewish community action, kfai, Michelle Alimoradi, Minneapolis, neighborhoods organizing for change, occupy homes mn, Rachel Fang, Responsible Banking Ordinance, spnn, St. Paul, stop foreclosures now, TruthToTell, Vic Rosenthal

Thursday, November 14 is Give to the Max Day. Click here to schedule your donation now! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This Wednesday, November 13, TruthToTell returns to the Minneapolis Urban League to bring you the 9th in its Community Connections series of on-location public forums. This month TTT looks at the ripple effects of still ever-present foreclosures in the Twin Cities[...] Read More »

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