Is the Lack of Positive-Based Programs Leading to Recidivism For Offenders?
Guest Writer Kamili Matata As crime rates continually rise, one of the many questions that is continued to be asked is how many of these crimes are perpetrated by repeat…
Disconnected
Guest Writer L. Vernardo This is a story about Minnesota prisoners and how their connection to the outside world is very limited. The phone system and JPay kiosk [a computer…
FEDERAL PELL GRANT RESTORED FOR PRISONERS
By Richard Johnson U.S. Congress in December 2020 passed a Stimulus Bill, inside this Bill contained a provision to Restores the Federal Pell Grant program for incarcerated inmates in county…
Metro at Crypticon
By Pierre Young - Arts and Entertainment Editor (Courtesy of Crypticon) Minnesota brings horror to Plymouth! In this 3-day weekend comic con, Crypticon is filled with celebrity guests from iconic…
The Metropolitan’s best movies of 2021
Joseph Palumbo, Lindsay Wynne, Samuel Albers, Jessica Garraway, Pierre Young For almost a century, the Oscars have been the film industry’s gold standard for deciding who among a list of…
Making space for abolition in the university
Tikkun Bambara Guest Opinion Black Table Arts “Art is the future” event, April 24th, 2021. Credit: Uche Iroegbu. When we refer to “Black ontology,” it seems, we are also thinking…
To build a new labor movement, lay the right foundations
Guest Opinion Emmett Doyle Between the “Great Resignation” and “Striketober,” 2021 was heralded by some observers as the revival of the American labor movement. It has been a hopeful year,…
NCAA hosts convention to overhaul college athletics
Joseph Palumbo Arts and Entertainment Editor (Creative commons photo) After years of bitter controversy, the National Collegiate Athletic Association held a historic meeting on November 15, 2021, concerning the organization’s…
The Minnesota State Fair gets a grand reopening
(Photo courtesy of the Minnesota State Fair) JOSEPH PALUMBO Arts and Entertainment Editor The Minnesota State Fair is officially set to return on Aug. 26, 2021. Over a year ago,…
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