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Truth To Tell (2010-06-09)
REMINDER: Starting July 5th, TruthToTell will air live at 9:00 Monday mornings following Amy Goodman moving to 8:00AM M-F.—————————————————The struggle continues between the forces of control and consolidation – the cable companies and telecoms – and those of consumers and common folk – the rest of us who watch our television shows, seek out information[...] Read More »
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Truth To Tell (2010-06-02)
NOTICE: Beginning JULY 5th, TruthToTell will move from Wednesdays to Mondays at 9:00AM. Listen for details. ————————————Labor Day week – September, 2008 – marked a shameful chapter in Minnesota and Twin Cities history. First, before the first gavel fell on the Republican National Convention at St. Paul’s Xcel Center – a political cocoon for visiting[...] Read More »
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Truth To Tell (2010-02-17)
From all indications, we can’t take the need for an accurate count of all our state’s residents too seriously. At stake could be the millions of federal dollars and, ultimately, the strength of our representation in Washington DC. An undercount could reduce the size of Minnesota’s Congressional delegation: we’re on the cusp of losing one[...] Read More »
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Truth To Tell (2010-05-26)
Record-breaking foreclosures continue apace across the country – and in Minnesota, but, despite laws designed to help tenants avoid premature eviction, renters are getting taken for a ride by banks and realtors who want them out of their homes and units so the properties can be turned over for a profit much sooner than the[...] Read More »
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Truth To Tell (2010-05-19)
Podcast below: Guest Advocates have plenty to say about this session. Governor Tim Pawlenty went before the microphones Monday morning after all-night negotiations with exhausted legislative leaders struggling to meet the required adjournment at Midnight, May 17, and he spent most of his news conference crowing about his victories and the claiming that he (the[...] Read More »
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Truth To Tell (2010-05-12)
Mary Lethert Wingerd, author of North Country: The Making of Minnesota, the untold history of how the land of the Dakota and Ojibwe became the State of Minnesota. This is an all-new a new history of our fair state, but beginning way back there when this was a land stewarded by our indigenous predecessors, the Ojibwe and Dakota (Sioux),[...] Read More »