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St. John’s Abbey, long the subject of sex abuse allegations, opened up its clergy files to public scrutiny for the first time on Tuesday. The files were immediately labeled incomplete by victims’ advocates. The abbey in Collegeville, Minn., released its personnel files on 18 monks credibly accused of sexually abusing minors as part of a legal settlement reached by a St. Cloud man who said he was abused by a monk as a St. John’s Preparatory School student in 1977. Although the files went online at mntransparencyinitiative.com Tuesday, the abbey...
Matt Vlahos is pretty sure he’ll age better than his parents — what with the kickboxing, the yoga and the pickup hoops that consume the 30-year-old’s lunch hours at Life Time Athletic in downtown Minneapolis. But the big generational difference, as he sees it, is awareness of healthy foods. “Our parents’ generation … uh, well they were raised more on microwave dinners and canned foods,” said Vlahos, a social media manager at Target. While that might be true, not every member of the 30-something club shares Vlahos’ optimism. A first-ever nati...
Recently, I watched a woman set a carton of Land O’Lakes Fat-Free Half-and-Half on the conveyor belt at a supermarket. “Can I ask you why you’re buying fat-free half-and-half?” I said. Half-and-half is defined by its fat content: about 10 percent, or more than milk, less than cream. “Because it’s fat-free?” she responded. “Do you know what they replace the fat with?” I asked. http://www.startribune.com/the-american-diet-engage-brain-before-operating-mouth/365841191/...
Two mega-trends — the rapid urbanization of the world’s population and the aging of that same population — will soon collide. By 2030, more than 1 billion people (one in eight) will be aged 65 or older, and by 2050, nearly two-thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas. What’s needed between now and then, according to a new report from McGraw Hill Financial Global Institute, is new thinking about how to create “age-friendly cities.” Creating an age-friendly city might be harder than it sounds. We still think of major cities...
BAGHDAD — Iraq witnessed a sharp increase in civilian deaths following the fall of large swaths of territory to the Islamic State group in the summer of 2014. Now despite a string of recent battlefield losses for IS, civilians in Iraq continue to die at a "staggering" rate, according to a new United Nations report. At least 18,802 civilians were killed and another 36,245 were wounded in Iraq between the start of 2014 and Oct. 31 of last year, according to the U.N. report released Tuesday. In just one six-month period between May and October l...
Minnesota House DFLers announced a $400 million plan aimed at outstate residents on Tuesday, a direct appeal to rural voters who live in areas that are already shaping up to be the defining battleground in the fight for control of the House. The DFL plan, which shares a few similarities with Republican ideas, would spend money on rural broadband and roads, stepped-up oil-train safety, local government aid, and tax cuts for farmers and seniors. House Minority Leader Paul Thissen, DFL-Minneapolis, said the DFL proposals were meant to empower...
MAXTON — Nearly 100 Lumbee tribal members ignored the cold on Monday to honor the bravery of those who took on the Ku Klux Klan during a rally near Hayes Pond 58 years earlier to the day. “This is a part of who we are,” Tribal Chairman Harvey Godwin Jr. said during a ceremony at Hayes Pond, near Maxton. “We drove the KKK out of Robeson County and they haven’t came back since. We need to use that energy to fight our battles today, but without the weapons.” Godwin told the crowd that they were “standing on hallowed ground,” where on Jan. 18, 195...
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Hundreds of public lands supporters gathered at a Portland park Tuesday afternoon to support the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, which is now occupied by an armed group of protesters. The group, led by the Audubon Society of Portland, met in Holladay Park at noon. They chanted, "Birds not bullies!" and condemned the armed group as criminals. "We hope that some kind of reason will descend at some point, and we'll get the refuge back," one of the protesters said. http://kboi2.com/news/local/rally-planned-to...
In what is starting to look like a genius move, the federal government and local law enforcement have mostly kept their distance in the two weeks since an unknown number of out-of-town, rag-tag militiamen stormed the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon and vowed to stay until the federal government turned over its land to local ranchers. So far authorities have declined to confront the men or to put the squeeze on them by restricting movement to and from the refuge or even to turn off the electricity, which might help draw the men out of the...
Examining the ways the Red Lake Nation has been viewed through art, "Singing Our History: People and Places of the Red Lake Nation" features work by a number of artists including Jerome Liebling, Charles Brill and Patrick Desjarlait, whose painting "Red Lake Fisherman" will be on display. The exhibition is a joint collaboration between the Red Lake Ojibwe and the department of American Studies at the University of Minnesota and was curated by Brenda Child, an associate professor of American...
More than one in five aboriginal adults living off-reserve say they've contemplated suicide at some point in their lives, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday. The prevalence of suicidal thoughts was higher among First Nations people living off-reserve, Métis and Inuit adults than among non-aboriginal adults, with the exception of Métis men, whose tendencies closely mirrored those of non-aboriginal men, suggests a Statistics Canada study based on the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey and the 2012 Canadian Community Survey — Mental Health. htt...
A recent spate of cases involving Native American women from northern Minnesota being murdered or going missing has raised questions about how seriously such disappearances are taken by the police and other authorities. As Duluth, Minnesota, marks trafficking awareness month, local activists say some of the disappearances and deaths are linked to this issue, and argue that the invisibility of the Native American population contributes to neglect by police, media and social services and point to the need for better data collection in order to...
The Richard David Stutzke Foundation has given $50,000 to Haskell Indian Nations University to fund scholarships for students seeking degrees in environmental science or indigenous and American Indian studies, Haskell announced this week. “The concept of interconnectedness between humankind and environment is universally recognized among indigenous people and is the basis for both the protection of the earth and natural resources, as well as the resistance to the destruction and degradation of environmental resources that impact future g...
HONOLULU (AP) — Twenty-six former students alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that they were repeatedly sexually abused by a now-deceased psychiatrist at a private school for Native Hawaiians. The plaintiffs are suing Kamehameha Schools and the estate of psychiatrist Robert Browne, who they say molested them during therapy sessions between 1958 and 1985. Kamehameha Schools required each student to undergo therapy, took them to Browne's office and paid for the services, according to the lawsuit. Kamehameha Schools has known about the a...
In basketball action on Tuesday, January 19, the Red Lake Lady Warriors had no problem with Walker-Hackensack-Akley, winning 72-43. The girls JV were also victorious 51-39. The Warriors, however, after answering a 20-10 Nevis start, came back to take the lead at the half 37-33, but couldn't hold on as they were defeated 78-66. It was their second loss in a row. The Boys JV dropped a double OT thriller, and 7, 8 and 9th grade boys got the victories....
