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A young man from Ellettsville died early Sunday morning after leading law enforcement officers from several jurisdictions through two counties; a child seduction investigation that began in January ended today with charges brought against a former Bedford North Lawrence high school teacher; city budget hearings begin this week with an address by Mayor Kruzan to the city council; the Monroe County Storm Water Management Board met to discuss state mandated changes in its storm water drainage policies; Bloomington author Scott Russell Sanders has been selected as the national recipient of the 2010 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award;
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Another world is possible, another U.S. is necessary. That was the slogan for the 2010 U.S. Social Forum, which drew fifteen thousand progressive-minded people to Detroit last month for five days of workshops on social problems and solutions. Last week the local branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom hosted a public forum to give some of Bloomington’s participants a platform to share what they learned. In the second of a series of testimonials, retired Bloomington professor Milton Fisk reflects on his time at the U.S. Social Forum and the need for the political left to galvanize in this WFHB radio exclusive.
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Hear about the local non-profit bookstore Boxcar Books and its series of summer events supporting social and environmental justice.