Staff & Contributors

Basic Income: An Answer to Sulfide Mining and Poverty

Kristine Osbakken

Mni Wiconi

Kristine Osbakken

Water is life

The World is Here Right Now

Kristine Osbakken

“The world is here right now,” began organizer Morris Beegle, at the NoCo Hemp Expo held earlier this month in Loveland, Colorado.

Twin Ports Industrial Workers of the World Offer Organizer 101 Training

Kristine Osbakken

The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) will hold an Organizer 101 Training on Saturday and Sunday, April 11 and 12, in Wellstone Hall at the Duluth Labor Temple.

Unconditional Basic Income: Obstacles and Strategies

Kristine Osbakken

Have you ever thought of a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) for absolutely everyone? The 14th US BIG Congress held in conjunction with Canada BIG was just held in Manhatten

Local control can be regained through Community Rights

Kristine Osbakken

Are the actions we commonly take to try to influence our governments largely futile? Our petitions, protests, testimonies before boards and commissions, letters and calls to politicians- what do they really amount to?

Delisting of the Wolf Hits Home

Kristine Osbakken

Conservationists opposed federal delisting because it meant that wolf management would be left to each state within its own boundaries and that the wolf’s slow, tenuous recovery would be jeopardized.

Minnesota Green Party to Hold Feb. 4 Caucuses

Kristine Osbakken

The Green Party of Minnesota (GPMN) will conduct caucuses on Tuesday, February 4, from 7pm to 9pm, at the same time as other political caucuses around the state.

US Representative Urges EPA to Analyze Regional Impacts of Mining on Lake Superior

Kristine Osbakken

Last week, Minnesota’s 4th District US Representative, Betty McCollom, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Administrator, Susan Hedman, urging the US Environmental Protection Agency to use the resources provided by Congress