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BY ELAINE KLAASSEN Sometimes you want to hide away from all the forces that play and prey upon you. As the imminent election looms over us with a 100-ton shadow, one might want to not even vote and just read the Bible or watch “Star Trek.” Some religious groups don’t…

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BY ELAINE KLAASSEN Sometimes you want to hide away from all the forces that play and prey upon you. As the imminent election looms over us with a 100-ton shadow, one might want to not even vote and just read the Bible or watch “Star Trek.” Some religious groups don’t…

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BY ED FELIEN If you’re a member of a co-op, you’re the revolution you’ve been waiting for. If you’re part of Black Lives Matter, you’re the revolution you’ve been waiting for. If you’re fighting for the dignity of all human beings, you’re the revolution you’ve been waiting for. If you’re…

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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE The Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party held its 2016 state convention on June 4 at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. I did not attend as a member of the press, but as an alternate, then upgraded to delegate, to Bernie Sanders. As a delegate I could be on…

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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE The DFL’s Fifth Congressional District Convention was held at South High School on Saturday, May 7. A little over 200 delegates from a total of 230 precincts attended. As a Bernie Sanders pledged alternate, I got upgraded to delegate just before lunch time when one of…

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BY ED FELIEN I accuse Dustin Schwarze and Mark Ringgenberg of Murder in the Third Degree for the killing of Jamar Clark. According to Minnesota Statutes 609.195, Murder in the Third Degree happens when “Whoever, without intent to effect the death of any person, causes the death of another by…

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BY ED FELIEN I accuse Dustin Schwarze and Mark Ringgenberg of Murder in the Third Degree for the killing of Jamar Clark. According to Minnesota Statutes 609.195, Murder in the Third Degree happens when “Whoever, without intent to effect the death of any person, causes the death of another by…

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BY KARI ANDRADE The top issue on Bernie Sanders’ website is Income and Wealth Inequality.  “America now has more wealth and income inequality than any major developed country on earth, and the gap between the very rich and everyone else is wider than at any time since the 1920s.”  He…

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BY ED FELIEN Nixon said, Democrats move to the left for the nomination and to the right for the election, and Republicans move to the right for the nomination and to the left for the general. But no Democrat has moved as far to the left as Bernie Sanders in…

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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE March 1, 2016, is Caucus Night in Minnesota. When it comes to presidential elections, Minnesota is not a “primary” state, so there won’t be a Democratic primary for you to vote in. The only way you can register your preference as to the nominee of the…

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BY KARI ANDRADE Rice is the single most important grain worldwide for human nutrition.  Rice accounts for one- fifth of all calories consumed.  As a hippie child I learned the macro-biotic diet was the healthiest way to eat; as a result I hated brown rice and veggies for a long…

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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Quite early on Saturday, Sept. 12, in fact before it even was Sept. 12 here, the ballot counters in the British Labour Party leadership election announced that “outsider” Jeremy Corbyn was the decisive first ballot winner. He won with just under 60% of the votes, which…

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