BY POLLY MANN Minnesota without poverty Nancy Maeker is an activist who really is active in proclaiming her message. She’s the former director of an organization called “Minnesota Without Poverty” and I became one of her followers after hearing her speak at a meeting of “Every Church A Peace Church.”…
The following questionnaire will be sent to all candidates seeking election to the State Legislature in South Minneapolis (by the South Minneapolis Organizing Committee for Bernie Sanders: Ed Felien, Sid Pranke, Debra Keefer Ramage, Dave Tilsen, Jason Galles): If elected to the State Legislature, would you introduce and support legislation…
BY JOHNNY HAZARD An injunction upheld recently by the Mexican supreme court recognizes the right of the four litigants to cultivate, consume and possess marijuana and appears to pave the way toward further liberalization of drug laws. The decision is confusing and has been misinterpreted by some as a general…
BY ED FELIEN About 60 people showed up at a meeting Tuesday night, Nov. 10, at Matthews Park to discuss complaints against Minneapolis Housing Inspector Joe Jarvis. Residents and landlords say Jarvis has been over-zealous in applying city codes. Susan Armitage wrote on the Seward Neighborhood Forum, “He is citing…
BY ED FELIEN Last month Council Member Alondra Cano organized a meeting in her ward (9th Ward) to discuss gentrification. More than a hundred people showed up to listen to experts talk about how gentrification of neighborhoods prices poor and working people out of their homes. Most people when they think…
BY ED FELIEN It’s amazing! The excitement that has been generated, the wildly enthusiastic crowds, the steady increase in Bernie’s popularity in the polls, all are testament to a massive popular support for democratic socialism. Who would have thought it? Just a few months ago, early last spring, Bernie was…
BY CARLA WALDEMAR Alma 528 University Avenue SE 612-379-4909 www.restaurantalma.com Let’s!” exclaimed a friend when I suggested dining at Restaurant Alma: “It’s been way too long!” When concentrating on the ongoing surge of new eateries in Lyn-Uptown and the Warehouse District, we’d forgotten about one of the all-time best in…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE In a stunning reversal, after initially defending the choice of a $1.25 million contract with publisher Reading Horizons, the Minneapolis School Board reversed its decision and cancelled the contract at its meeting on Oct. 13. The meeting was packed with angry parents and community members who…
BY ED FELIEN Last month Council Member Alondra Cano organized a meeting in her ward (9th Ward) to discuss gentrification. More than a hundred people showed up to listen to experts talk about how gentrification of neighborhoods prices poor and working people out of their homes. Most people when they think…
