Nokomis
Do you want slavery with that chocolate?
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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE I’m going to assume you don’t. For the past two or three years, I have been on a quixotic quest to raise awareness about the incredible prevalence of child slave labor in the production of chocolate, and the enormous “conspiracy of silence” that leaves otherwise conscientious…
FROM WHERE I STAND: Notes from the desk of peace activist Polly Mann (b. Nov. 19, 1919)
Excuse me while I’m angry … !
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BY SHASA SARTIN The following piece is brought to you by the impassioned creations of Audre Lorde, Beyoncé, Kelis, Leikeli47, Megan Thee Stallion, Rico Nasty, and my mother. Have you ever encountered some upsetting information and … started seeing red? Shortly after you hear a very loud screeching sound: it’s…
Lake Nokomis mural
Thinking of summer and a canoe on Lake Nokomis at Carbone’s Pizza, a mural by Adam Turman. Photo by Jessica Magnuson
Have yourself a very racist Christmas
My trivial view
Park Board shenanigans
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BY ED FELIEN People are complaining of a smell coming from deals being made at the Park Board. Park Board President Brad Bourn appointed his best campaign worker, Kendall Killian, to a $114,000 a year consulting contract. They broke the contract into six-month periods, so it didn’t need board approval…