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Mary Turck
Date:
May 15 02:12 UTC
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THURSDAY, May 15
HEADLINES
Tou Saiko Lee: Courage under fire
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11466
by Justin Schell, TC Daily Planet
Its been an interesting couple of weeks for Hmong hip-hop in Minnesota
and specifically for one of its most well-respected and well-known
figures, Tou Saiko Lee. In the span of two weeks, hes been laudably
profiled in a video piece for the New York Times and skewered by radio
host Jason Lewis on KTLK.
Critical need for college opportunities
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11451
by John Fitzgerald, Minnesota 2020
College graduates earn more, pay more in taxes, are less likely to use
taxpayer-funded programs like welfare or Medicaid and spend less time
in the law enforcement, justice and prison systems. Unfortunately,
statistics point to fewer college opportunities for Minnesota students.
Taxi driver at dawn, Somali TV cameraman by noon
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11446
by Anthony D. Advincula, Mshale
Before the first light shines over the Mississippi River, Siyad Salah
is already on the road outside Minneapolis, driving a taxicab for a
living. By early afternoon, he's carrying around his video camera,
interviewing and shooting images for his volunteer work at a local
Somali television station.
Minnesota doubles down on biofuels
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11500
by Tom Elko, Minnesota Monitor
As a growing chorus of voices from all corners begin to question the
benefit of agriculturally derived biofuels, Gov. Tim Pawlenty has
signed into law a new biofuel mandate. The agriculture and veterans
policy bill (SF 3683) mandates that by 2015, diesel fuels sold in
Minnesota must contain at least 20 percent biofuel (B-20). The state
currently requires diesel to contain 2 percent biofuel (B-2) but that
must increase to 5 percent by May 1, 2009, and 10 percent by 2012.
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Views and Reviews
Interview: Hmong emcee Tou Saiko
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11419
by Justin Schell, TC Daily Planet
"During the 90s, the first people that were rapping, it was all this
very violent gangsta-type rap. Thats the environment we grew up in,
and thats a lot of what we heard too. My parents were not digging the
idea that we were rapping until I started doing spoken word poetry,
thinking more consciously about what I was doing through hip-hop, and
started going into schools and communities and doing it for the youth."
Music note: Two songbirds, two styles
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11162
by Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet
I recently listened to Allison Scotts debut album <i>Wish on the
Moon</i> and a pair of albums by Jevetta Steele: <i>My Heart</i> and
<i>Two Queens, One Castle</i> (the original cast recording from the
hit play). Scott doesnt quite live up to her rising-star reputation.
Steele, on the other hand, shows you why shes ensconced in the area
firmament and has attained international fame.
Onstage now: Theater x 3
Theater note: <i>Real Women</i>, proudly revealing their curves
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11409
by Jennifer Holder, TC Daily Planet
About an hour into <i>Real Women Have Curves</i>, the five women
triumphantly shed their clothes and revealed their curves. The
audience shared their glee because in doing so, the women were relieved
if only temporarilyof the constant pressures in their lives.
Theater note: <i>American Pilot</i> explores global tensions
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11406
by Juliette Cherbuliez and Michael Opperman, TC Daily Planet
In 2005, the phrase Mission Accomplished appeared on a banner hung
from the deck of the supercarrier <i>USS Abraham Lincoln</i> and was
displayed during a televised appearance by President Bush, announcing
the success of the invasion of Iraq. In the same year, David Griegs
<i>The American Pilot</i> opened. Grieg's play has certainly aged
better than the current presidency.
Theater note: <i>Cabaret</i> turns the Ordway into the Kit Kat Klub
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11485
by Rebecca Mitchell, TC Daily Planet
Audiences visiting the Ordway Center through Sunday will be
transported to the Kit Kat Klub, where life is beautiful, the girls
are beautiful, even the orchestra is beautiful.
NEW IN VOICES
Solidarity with Postville
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11489
by Amalia Anderson, Carlos Ariel, Axel Fuentes, Reginaldo Haslett
Marroqun, and Ana Njera Mendoza
As Guatemalans (by birth and by family origin) living in Minnesota and
Iowa, we strongly condemn the Postville, Iowa raid--the largest single-
site enforcement operation of its kind in the history of the United
States. Of the 390 workers reportedly detained, nearly three hundred
are from Guatemala.
NEW IN BLOGS
Bike/Walk to Work Week
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11497
by Mary Turck, 5/14/08 A vegan tofu scramble, pancakes, vegan
caramel rolls, scrambled eggs and tortillas, and morethe breakfast
spread at the Green Institute was more like a bounteous buffet than
the continental breakfast promised on the Bike/Walk to Work Week Web
site. And I was ready for it, after biking over from St. Paul, passing
the Daily Planet office on my way to the celebration.