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Are voter IDs a solution in search of a problem? Books making a difference for women in prison "I needed to write to express my gratitude towards ya'll at the WPBP. The empowerment the women here at the ....in the past six months has been noticed. All of the ladies I happen upon who have a glow mention ya'll. I hear,'It's the book I'm reading.' I was changed by a book...I'm sharing it with my family." It makes a difference." Voter ID could disenfranchise voters, groups tell committeeA bill requiring voter identification cards, electronic rosters and a slew of other changes to election laws was heard in the House Government Operations and Election committee Thursday. A large number of groups testified that the bill would disenfranchise voters, especially students, the elderly and the disabled, while several testified that the bill is needed to prevent voter fraud.MORE » THEATER | A moving and entertaining "Winter's Tale" at the Guthrie Theater I attended Friday night's performance of the Guthrie's new production of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale with my friend Katie, and at one point near the end of the play I was moved to butt my head against her shoulder. In another context that might have been a gesture of boredom, or in some cultures perhaps a come-on, but in this case I just had to butt my head against someone's shoulder because the show was so good. This is one of the best Shakespeare productions I've ever seen.MORE » THEATER | Workhaus Collective's "Little Eyes" at the Guthrie Theater: See ennui, hear ennui, speak ennui For a reality check, I just called my aunt Judy, an actual resident of suburbia. I asked her to imagine that "one day your doorbell rings, and it's a weirdly jolly man in a suit, with a camera around his neck and a briefcase in his hand. He tells you he's on assignment from the mayor of Lino Lakes, and he wants to photograph the outside and inside of your house for an exhibit at the library. He'd also like you to put on an apron and pose for a photo, and he'd also like to photograph your children."MORE » Audit report on MN Medicaid transportation for persons with disabilities finds problemsThe Department of Human Services uses contractors to help transport about 253,000 Medicaid recipients to and from health care providers as required under federal law at the cost of $38 million in fiscal year 2010. The majority of the recipients covered tend to have more disabilities and are harder to serve than those in managed health care plans. Inside the Daily Planet, 02/08/11Videos feature history, culture of St. Paul's West Side Flats and District Del Sol by Maria Almli, TC Daily Planet • Community leaders and members from St Paul's West Side gathered at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church January 25 to preview a series of videos that chronicle the history of the West Side Flats and District Del Sol. This little known history is being brought into the spotlight by a collaboration between the Chicano Latino Affairs Council (CLAC) and the Minnesota Humanities Center. David O'Fallon, the director of the Minnesota Humanities Center, and Hector Garcia, executive director of CLAC, introduced the videos. Samuel Verdejas, founder of the West Side Cultural Center and Minnesota Cinco de Mayo celebration, community activist Gilbert de la O, Don Luna of the St Paul Police Department, and Michael Medina of Medina Architects were among those featured in the videos. Decrease cost of college by earning post-secondary credits in high school by Sinthia Mireya Turcios, ThreeSixty • Four programs available in many Minnesota high schools can help you earn college credits before you even know what college you're going to. The challenge is figuring out what the programs are and which one is best for you. In historic move, black Greek life coming back to U by Amanda Bankston, The Minnesota Daily • After his last high school football game, Josh Brandon pulled his blue and white jersey over his head and gave it one last hard look. Wearing those colors had become a part of him, a part that he never wanted to lose. At issue: Legacy Amendment funding by Susan Hegarty, Session Weekly/Session Daily • The Clean Water, Land and Legacy Act collected more than $229.9 million in sales tax receipts during 2010, its first fiscal year. NEW IN BLOGS SINGLE WHITE FRINGE GEEK | Fringe 2011: The new Fringe lottery by Matthew A. Everett • Instead of mini-lotteries for kids, teens, national, international and artists of color, and then a big ol' general lottery as in recent years, the Fringe will simply break the artists down into three sizes-small, medium and large. THE PUBLIC RECLUSE | On the scene and behind the scenes at Loppet Snow Sculpture contest by Alan Wilfahrt • The blocks were awarded randomly to the different teams. Two teams were savaged by vandals that toppled two blocks the previous night. What a jerk thing to do! I am inspired with the solutions that those people concocted. It helps to know there are probably more people doing creative positive actions then there are jerks. THINK FORWARD | An ounce of prevention: facing the next global food crisis by Sophia Murphy • Press attention has again focused this past month on rising food prices. As Financial Times journalist Javier Blas tells us, panic buying has now reared its head, completing the already present factors of crop failures, export restrictions and food riots that were the trademarks of the 2007-08 food price crisis. Last week, Algeria added 800,000 tons to its January imports, bringing the monthly total to 1.7 million tons-that is already roughly a third of the normal annual purchases for a country that is one of the world's biggest wheat importers. Saudi Arabia has announced it will double its wheat purchases in 2011, to create a stockpile equivalent to a year's demand. TC JEWFOLK | A new year begins with Fishman's closing by Joanna Lowinger • It was a headline that shocked the Twin Cities Jewish community last Wednesday: Fishman's Closing. A PARALLEL UNIVERSE | Apology to my government officials re torture by Chuck Turchick • As for Human Rights Watch and the International Federation of Human Rights, their names say it all. Human rights? What about American rights?
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