Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007

TTT#18-St.PaulElectTurnout

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OCT. 31 ST. PAUL’S GENERAL ELECTION – WHERE ARE THEM VOTERS?
TTT’s Andy Driscoll and Lynnell Mickelsen talk with key figures in St. Paul elections on races for St. Paul City Council and School Board and on the extraordinary level of disengagement voters are demonstrating in this year's election. GUESTS: JAY BENANAV, outgoing St. Paul Ward 4 City Councilmember, ELONA STREET-STEWART, Chair, St. Paul School Board, ROGER BARR, Executive Director, Support Our Schools, and JOE MANSKY, Director, Ramsey County Elections Bureau.

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Wednesday, Oct 24, 2007

TTT#17-Tutu-Israel-Palestine

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St. Thomas University's President Dennis Dease’s uninviting, then re-inviting, Nobel Peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu to campus has opened yet another conversation of how the seemingly intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict is discussed here – and everywhere. (Tutu will now appear on behalf of PeaceJam at Metropolitan State University in the Spring.) Questions linger over how and if people concerned about the Mideast crisis can criticize the Israeli government and its policies and actions without being labeled anti-Semitic. GUESTS: REP. FRANK HORNSTEIN, Minneapolis, POLITICAL SCIENCE PROF. TOM O’CONNELL, Metropolitan State University, KAREN REDLEAF, Jewish Palestinian rights activist.

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Thursday, Oct 18, 2007

TTT#16-Race and Resegregation

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OCTOBER 17 TTT's Andy Driscoll and new co-host, Lynnell Mickelsen ask proponents of four perspectives on racism, resegregation, and remedies in Twin Cities education.

Studies and statistics show urban core schools more segregated than ever. This was not the plan back in 1960s, 70s, and 80s when court ruling and policymakers combined to invoke the means to bring white kids and students of color into the same educational settings. Why haven't they come together? What dynamics are at play in the palpably re-segregated systems of the Twin Metro Area? The answer is that there is no one answer - and no one remedy. Many good people bring wide-ranging perspectives to the discussion about what to do to improve achievement and reduce the social isolation that comes from segregated housing patterns and schools.

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Wednesday, Oct 03, 2007

TTT#14- Locally Owned Biz

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TTT Sept. 26: TTT’s Andy Driscoll discusses the benefits and challenges of locally owned business Guests: Nancy Breymeier, St. Paul Investment Counselor and President of the Metro Independent Business Alliance; Jeff Warner, President, Warner’s Stellian Appliance Stores, St. Paul; Papa John Kolstad, Minneapolis music-maker and Lake Street retailer; Wanda Fulton Hockenberger, owner, Formula One Mortgage.

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