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TTT1013-Mar31-WhitePrivilege
WHITE PRIVILEGE: Just What Does It Mean to be White in Minnesota – and Everywhere Else? Do you think of yourself as white? Or have you never thought of it before? If you think of yourself as white, how do you feel about it? Do you think of yourself as a person who is usually trusted, who[...] Read More »
Host Andy Driscoll speaks with representatives from the Ramsey County Tobacco Coalition, Youth Volunteers who work on tobacco awareness, and Parents for Ethical Marketing. Learn more about how young people are targeted by the tobacco industry and what can be done about it. http://blip.tv/file/3366869
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TTT1010 Mar10-FreedomOfInfo2010
The annual Freedom of Information Day is upon us March 16, sponsored by the Minnesota Council on Government information (MN-COGI). You’d think this would not be a necessary day, but government at all levels, remains hell-bent on classifying or labeling as private or secret or confidential much of the information that should be made public.[...] Read More »
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TTT1012-RevolvingDoorCorpCampaign
The cozy conclave of legislators and the insider baseball played by regulators with those they regulate have become the engine driving too much of our state, local and federal policies and public largesse. Nothing is so effective for corporations and trade associations as hiring a former Congressman, state legislator or government official to walk right[...] Read More »
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TTT revisits Xcel Energy’s Hiawatha Project continuing push to place electrical substations at Hiawatha Avenue and high-voltage lines over the Midtown Greenway. Despite reams of testimony and several ”Friend of the Court” briefs being filed in what’s called a contested case, Xcel persists in its claim that additional capacity is needed in this area of[...] Read More »
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Not all young people can do it, not even all former recipients of the Children’s Defense Fund’s Beat the Odds awards, given each year to four survivors of the adversity so many youngsters experience in the face of poverty, parental loss and/or abuse and discouraging behavior by some of the trusted adults in their lives.[...] Read More »