(Republished from Left Voice) Educators in Minneapolis are currently in their second week on strike. Here, two Twin Cities educators write about the state of public education and the fight for better…
Tag: Covid-19
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, but it…
What is Metro State doing with its ARP funding?
Samuel Albers Editor-in-Chief It should come as no surprise that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound effect on the way that colleges and universities around the nation operate. Many schools have had to…
Metro State moves back to in-person graduation this fall
SAMUEL ALBERS Editor-in-Chief Let’s face it, being a student during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a strange experience. All of a sudden classes were entirely online, meetings were taking place over Zoom,…
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, it was…
College in a Pandemic
HaticeEROL / Pixabay) ERIANNA JILES Opinion Writer Before our state lockdown was ordered by Gov. Tim Waltz back in March 2020, I didn’t know what COVID-19 meant for my upcoming semesters. I…
President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 ceremony marks the turning point for unity our country needs
(Pixabay / Mark Thomas) ERIK SUCHY Opinion Writer On the eve of his inauguration, President Joe Biden held a ceremony honoring the 400,000 COVID-19 victim’s who died in the past year. Biden’s…
President Biden calls for end to ‘uncivil war’ at inauguration
(user1492992852 / Pixabay) NATHAN HOYHTYA Opinion Editor President Joe Biden firmly established unifying our country as a top priority as he spoke at his inaugural address as the 46th President of the…
New COVID-19 vaccines get emergency use authorization
(Artem Podrez / Pexels) ERIK SUCHY Opinion Writer With COVID-19 infecting millions and claiming hundreds of thousands of innocent lives, desperation for a vaccine that will stop the surge in cases has never been…
President Trump’s “China virus” rhetoric is deeply harmful, racist or not
( Dung Tran / Pixabay ) ERIK SUCHY Opinion Writer In these times of deep racial tension and turmoil, I feel at odds with tossing the phrase “China virus” around casually as…