Todos tienen una voz, pero no todas las voces son escuchadas hoy. Este no es un problema nuevo.
Mis abuelos paternos, ambos mexicano-americanos de primera generación que crecieron en Los …
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Por Eric Ortiz
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2/14/24
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T he world has changed. Our education system has not. As a result, school is broken .
It's so bad that many kids don't go to school anymore. Chronic absenteeism was an issue before the pandemic. …
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By Eric Ortiz
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2/14/24
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So the guy says, “Government’s job is to build the roads. Our city built this ‘bold and transformational’ bike-friendly project, and they managed to forget you might need to a …
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By Larry LaVercombe
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2/14/24
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Just writing to let you know we did get our paper. Hope your delivery services work out — I myself love a paper newspaper and appreciate reading about what’s happening in the ‘hood. …
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1/29/24
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Being a small business owner has its good and bad days. In late December 2023, we got some tough news. Independent Delivery Service (IDS), a staple in the Twin Cities for 40 years, was shutting down …
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By Tesha M. Christensen
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1/24/24
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Welcome to the start of year three for Stories and Journeys. Welcome to the start of year eight of my retirement journey including Medicare plus supplement. Another reader has told me their take on …
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By Donald L. Hammen
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1/24/24
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Happy New Year. Welcome to 2024.
Are you happy to be here? Have you already started writing an inspiring 366-page book this leap year (one page for every day)? Or are you still recovering from …
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By Eric Ortiz
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1/18/24
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Dec. 7 has come and gone. Medicare Open Enrollment has ended for 2023. Yet it feels like the engagement with me and Medicare has just begun again. So, if you have read this far you have taken the …
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By Donald L. Hammen
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1/18/24
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My counselor recently asked if I thought I was lonely. I'd been doing virtual visits with him for the past year, maybe once a month, for depression. It had never occurred to me to think of myself as …
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By Terry Faust
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12/21/23
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Hopewell Music Cooperative North is up against seeminglyinsurmountable odds. Effective January 1, 2024, Hopewell Music will lose its long-time home at North United Methodist Church located on 4350 …
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12/15/23
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Be a kind human. That has been Marissa Bader's life goal since her dad taught her that how we treat others matters, that no human is less or more important than any other, and to always treat …
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By Eric Ortiz
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12/14/23
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Giving Tuesday was on Nov. 28 this year, and it was a rough one. Rough, of course, is a relative term.
Giving Tuesday 2023 raised an estimated $3.1 billion in donations to nonprofits, according …
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By Eric Ortiz
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12/14/23
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You may have noticed a series of recent articles and podcasts about the emotional and physical health risks of loneliness. Everyone is writing about it, among them Hillary Clinton, David Brooks, …
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By Anna Bonavita
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12/14/23
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For the past two months, a rallying cry of the growing Palestinian liberation movement has been “ceasefire now!” Activists and community members long to see an end to the constant, …
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12/14/23
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On Dec. 3, 2023, more than two billion Christians around the world celebrated the first week of Advent, which is honored by lighting the first of four Advent candles. For Christians, Advent is a time …
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Ask 10 people what they think about guns. You might get 10 different answers.
Gun ownership is a fundamental right. We need stricter regulation. There are too many guns. There aren't enough. …
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By Eric Ortiz
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11/30/23
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This fall, Bloomington, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, St. Louis Park, and St. Paul all used ranked choice voting for their municipal elections and were among 21 cities in seven states using ranked choice …
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11/30/23
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Power is generated: electric power, community power, people power. This past August, a delegation of fifteen Minnesotans visited the island of Puerto Rico to learn from communities on the frontlines …
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By Ryan Perez
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11/30/23
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Power is generated: electric power, community power, people power. This past August, a delegation of fifteen Minnesotans visited the island of Puerto Rico to learn from communities on the frontlines …
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By Ryan Perez, ryanp@copalmn.org
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11/26/23
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This fall, Bloomington, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, St. Louis Park, and St. Paul all used ranked choice voting for their municipal elections and were among 21 cities in seven states using ranked choice …
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by Jeanne Massey and Erin Zamoff, FairVote Minnesota
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11/21/23
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