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Members of the Twin Cities Industrial Workers of the World reported being detained by police on a Hiawatha Light Rail Train at the Mall of America after peacefully gathering Sunday to support re-instated co-worker who works at the mall. MORE »

Our economy is losing ground. As demonstrated in a recent Minnesota 2020 report, Minnesota economic performance has lagged in comparison to the rest of the nation. Since 2002, Minnesota’s employment growth and per capita personal income has fallen relative to other states, while our unemployment rate has risen. MORE »

While the boxy wooden office building on the corner of East Franklin and South 31st avenues has housed the Close Associates for 55 years, the story of the architectural firm began 15 years before the building was constructed and extends into the neighborhoods of Bridgeland, where the business has firmly left its mark. MORE »

Many of the thousands of young people gathered at Harriet Island Monday probably never heard of folk musician Woody Guthrie or labor organizer Joe Hill, but they cheered when musicians Steve Earle and Tom Morello evoked the memories of these labor icons at the “Take Back Labor Day” Festival. MORE »