ForwardSTL News and Events for Monday, Feb. 20

Upcoming events from the ForwardSTL Calendar (go to the calendar for more details for each event):

6:15pm

St. Louis Capoeira Angola

7:00pm

Wrongful Convictions: Juan Melendez tells his story

7:00pm

Earthworms

8:00pm

Reality Now

8:30pm

2nd Annual Presidential Beard Party

8:30pm

Collateral Damage

Tuesday, February 21

8:00am

General Meeting at DUC 236

12:00pm

The Murdock Report

6:00pm

Training: Petitioning to Raise the Minimum Wage and Cap Payday Loan Interest Rates

7:00pm

CAMP Community Potluck

7:00pm

Visions of Common Ground: Land Use Evolution in Metropolitan St. Louis

8:00pm

General Meeting at DUC 236

Wednesday, February 22

12:00pm

Protest Roy Blunt's Attacks on Women

Thursday, February 23

5:30pm

Salute to Young Leaders

7:00pm

OUTgrads- February Happy Hour

7:00pm

The Great Northwest Documentary

Friday, February 24

8:00pm

(STL) Do For Self/Gya Art Gallery Presents "Mad Graphic

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News and Opinion (click through the link at ForwardSTL for the full stories)

Even More Blarney | Fired Up Missouri

Poll: Will Komen St. Louis Suffer From Recent National Controversy?

Televising court proceedings may not be all it’s cracked up to be | Gateway Journalism Review

Sen. Roy Blunt (r): trying to be too clever | Show Me Progress

Chouteau Mansion | St. Louis Patina

Akin says he supports I-70 tolls | Politicmo

U.S. House of Representatives Stall Bill that Would Eliminate Long-Term Transit Funding, Community Voices Heard Across the Nation | Next Stop STL

I answered your questions, now where’s my free cruise to the Bahamas? | Occasional Planet

CNN beating the drums for war against Iran |Dangerous Intersection

Government so Small it Fits in Your Bedroom | Fired Up Missouri

Anti-immigrant legislation in MO legislature | MIRA

New proposed State Senate map | MO PCRP

Editorial: GOP's add-ons to transportation bill provide a reality check | St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Keeping us barefoot and pregnant | Occasional Planet

Santorum backer suggests ‘Aspirin between knees’ as birth control device (Video) | Ryan Witt, Examiner

Olbermann Destroy's Breitbart's Smears On The Occupy Movement (VIDEO) | St. Louis Activist Hub

Voting forum in St. Louis to follow new Selma march against 'voter suppression' | St. Louis Beacon

Global Economy Expanded More Slowly than Expected in 2011 | Sustainablog

Yes, Virginia, There’s a War on Women | Fired Up! Missouri

Lee Enterprises Uses Bankruptcy To Refinance | Gateway Journalism Review

Gathering opposition against making a deal with the Taliban | Vital Concerns

Utility Crews A Sign of Progress on Tucker Boulevard | Urban Review STL

Mobile Farmers Market Coming to Four Metro Locations | Next Stop STL

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