Post in Daily Planet headlines: Atmosphere's new album, African accountant/painter/storyteller, invasive species in the Great Lakes

May 09 23:31 UTC

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HEADLINES

Atmosphere: The golden age
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11371
by Justin Schell, TC Daily Planet
Rhymesayers Entertainment recently dropped Atmosphere’s latest full-
length album, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold.
The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard chart, making it the highest-
charting release in the history of Rhymesayers, a Minneapolis hip-hop
label home to artists including Brother Ali, I Self Divine, and
Eyedea & Abilities.

Interview: Atmosphere's Sean Daley (a.k.a. Slug)
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11372
by Justin Schell, TC Daily Planet
"I wanted to tell these stories in a way that people from my
neighborhood could visualize them or understand them. I didn’t know
that people in Boise were gonna ask me about the Muddy Waters coffee
shop."

Koffi Mbairamadji gets inspiration from museums
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11360
by Nneka Onyilofor, African News Journal
Marcus Garvey once said, "A people without the knowledge of their
past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."
Though, what good are roots to a people without an outlet and avenue
to facilitate their knowledge of the past and personal growth toward
the future. Well, at the root of the African community in the Twin
Cities lies Koffi Mbairamadji, an accountant by day; painter and
storyteller all the time. From Chad, Koffi came to the U.S. in 2002
and took part in the Twin Cities French Festival the following year.
He got his start at Intermedia Arts and from there met other Africans
to start his own collective group of artists called Gosso.

Great Lakes enviro battle over invasive species is heating up
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11387
by Tom Elko, Minnesota Monitor
Ballast water -- the water that large ships take on to stabilize
themselves when they're running without cargo aboard -- is a hot
topic in Minnesota and in Washington, D.C., these days. Ballast water
containing organisms taken on in one distant location and discharged
in local waters is credited for bringing at least 30 aquatic invasive
species to Lake Superior.

INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET

Adjunct professor numbers on the rise
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11334
by Jon Collins, Minnesota Daily
University data show a 10 percent increase in temporary faculty over
the past five years.

Minneapolis, Bloomington eye protester registration for RNC
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11331
by Andy Birkey, Minnesota Monitor
As the Twin Cities prepares for the flurry of activity surrounding
the Republican National Convention in September, some cities are
looking to regulate political protest.

Unemployed construction workers say they're running out of time
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11365
by Michael Kuchta, Workday Minnesota
In talking to individual Carpenters at Tuesday's jobs rally, their
personal circumstances may be different, but the basic story is the
same.

NEW IN VOICES

The door slams shut on civil rights
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11388
by Ron Edwards, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
In early 1959, an active-duty African American U.S. Navy Commander,
James Tillman, arrived in the Twin Cities for a one-year appointment
to head up the new Interfaith Housing effort. According to articles
then in the Minneapolis Tribune, the Minneapolis Journal, and the St.
Paul Dispatch, Mr. Tillman was to create an operational structure for
the Human Rights Department in St. Paul and its commission, and for
the Civil Rights Department in Minneapolis and its commission.

NEW IN BLOGS

Student writers show how to destroy walls and build bridges
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11394
by Joe Nathan, School Talk
Strong writers like Alesha Horn, Natalie Gaffney and Jolene Bruska
offer stunning honesty and insight. They help us be more open and
compassionate. That’s part of these reason that almost 400 parents,
grandparents, teachers, students, and state legislators came to the
steps of Minnesota’s state capitol last week to honor them.