Post in TC Daily Planet Headlines: Feminization of AIDS; Dakota protest wagon train at Ft. Snelling; MN voter registration

May 11 03:35 UTC

SUNDAY, May 11

  HEADLINES

  The feminization of AIDS

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11401

by James Sanna, TC Daily Planet

Lois Crenshaw, an AIDS activist, former Chicago police officer, and
Minneapolis resident, is one of the estimated 1,367 Minnesota women
living with HIV, who represent 23% of all cases of HIV or AIDS in
Minnesota. Crenshaw contracted HIV when a man raped her while she was
on vacation in the Bahamas in 1994.

  Dakota protesters meet sesquicentennial wagon train

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11414

   Check back on Sunday for the TC Daily Planet story on the Dakota
protest at Fort Snelling.   As part of the celebration of 150 years of
statehood, a wagon train has been making its way across the state on
an eight-day trip. Dakota protesters confronted the wagon train when
it arrived at Fort Snelling on Saturday, and will be there when it
arrives at the State Capitol on Sunday.

  Whats so scary about Rev. Wright?

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11386

by Charles Hallman, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Unfamiliarity with Black Liberation Theology is only part of whats
fueling this controversy.

  Minnesota's same-day registration success pushed for federal elections

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11364

by Andy Birkey, Minnesota Monitor

If the nation followed Minnesota's lead in same-day voter
registration, it could drastically increase voter turnout, Minnesota
legislators say. Rep. Keith Ellison and Sen. Amy Klobuchar have
offered a bill, the Election Day Registration Act, which would allow
voters nationwide to register to vote at the polls for federal
elections in the hopes that it will increase voter turnout.

  INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET

   HIV infections increase among Africans in Minnesota

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11317

by Julia N. Opoti, Mshale

A recent report by the Minnesota Department of Health, the "HIV/AIDS
Surveillance Report" says that the number of new HIV infections has
increased among all state demographics including African-born
immigrants.

  Readers, Writers and Books

Lauderdale cartoonist releases self-published graphic novel

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11271

by Antonie Young, Park Bugle

"My name is Lars Martinson. I was born in Minnesota in 1977. I am
currently in the midst of a foolhardy attempt to eke out a living as a
cartoonist."

  Colorful characters

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11096

by Erica Marston, Minnesota Women's Press

When JoAnne Pastel couldn't find storybook characters that her 2-year-
old biracial son could identify with, she decided to do something
about it. "I was just not seeing a lot of diversity. There were no
characters who looked like him, which I felt was really important in
helping to build his confidence."

  NEW IN VOICES

Mother's Day

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11268

by Michele St. Martin, Minnesota Women's Press

The beginnings of the Mother's Day holiday are a matter of
controversy. Was Mother's Day originally an anti-war holiday founded
by Julia Ward Howe? Was it founded by Anna Jarvis to commemorate the
death of her mother, or did Hallmark dream it up in an attempt to get
Americans to part with their money?

  NEW IN BLOGS

   Mideast role model for peace, Shirin Ebadi, speaks at Hamline

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11405

by Thasneem Ahmed, Engage Minnesota

On Friday, April 25, Hamline University had a wonderful event
featuring Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and 2003 Nobel Peace
Prize Laureate Dr. Shirin Ebadi. Her lecture centered on the Roots of
Chaos in the Middle East, and she gave an honest, frank assessment of
the regions problems as well as of potential solutions.