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Amazon Minnesota Warehouse Workers Plan ‘Prime Day’ Strike

8 July 2019

The Prime Day action won't be the first time the Minnesota workers have banded together...

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Did a High School Principal Target a Pro-Gun Rights Student During a Protest for Gun Control?

15 March 2018

New Prague High School in Minnesota says a pro-gun rights placard was removed from a...

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Cars drive by the Minnesota State Capitol during the Republican National Convention, September 2008.

Did a Republican Group Post Anti-Trump Billboards in Minnesota?

5 January 2018

The billboards are real, but the so-called Republican group has an interesting donor behind it.

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Did Protesters Burn a Minnesota County’s Flag and Raise an Anti-Fascist One at a Local Jail?

18 August 2017

Right-wing web sites accurately describe the basic facts of a real incident which lasted for...

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Minneapolis Police Officer Fatally Shoots Australian Woman

17 July 2017

Justine Damond was shot dead during a 911 call, but details surrounding the incident are...

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NEW YORK CITY - JULY 7 2016: Several thousand activists rallied & marched to protest recent police-involved shootings in Minnesota & Louisiana.

Minnesota Officer Acquitted in Shooting Death of Philando Castile

16 June 2017

Castile's mother said after the verdict: "My son loved this city, and the city killed...

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Did Police Make Disturbing Find of ‘Obama’s Muslim Refugees’ in a Minnesota Olive Garden? A blog with a misleading headline falsely reported that Rochester, Minnesota police found Muslim refugees...

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Restaurant in Minnesota Posts ‘Muslims Get Out’ Sign

20 September 2016

Its owner said that he meant to put up "Muslim extremists get out," but he...

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Saint Pall Mall

22 October 2015

The state of Minnesota hasn't made smoking or cigarettes illegal, and links that claim so...

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