BY ED FELIEN The Trail of Tears was the forced displacement of the Cherokee, Muscogee, Seminole, Chickasaw and Choctaw nations between 1830 and 1850. 60,000 people were forced to leave their ancestral homes. Many thousands died on the trail that led from Georgia and South Carolina more than 800 miles…
BY KAY SCHROVEN Seven months after Marvin Haynes was exonerated, having served nearly 20 years in Stillwater Prison for a murder he didn’t commit, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced the creation of the first Hennepin County Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU). The unit will be led by Andrew Markquart, former Staff…
BY ED FELIEN First, what they got wrong. This whole white male privilege thing is way out of date. The last time that worked was before the Civil War. Is the antebellum South the “Great” era that Trump says he can “Make” for “America Again”? Birth of a Nation, D…
BY ED FELIEN, EDITOR We received this correspondence: “Dear Mr. Felien: “I write to request that you issue a retraction and apology for the false statements about our client, Bob Kroll, in your June 4, 2024, article titled “Trump and the threat of civil war.” In this article, you made…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Openings around town and coming soon Darling (3311 25th St. E.) opened in the former Birchwood Cafe space in the Seward neighborhood in mid-June. A friend and I went there for a late-ish brunch in early July, and it was pretty packed. I only had one…
Dear Editor, Please take your own advice, Ed Felien. (Please Stop! July 2024 Southside Pride). How is calling the Israelis “Nazis” an invitation to dialogue? Of course the war in Gaza is horrible, the amount of casualties is appalling, both Jewish Israelis and Palestinians—who have lived there for two millennia—need…
I picked up the July 2024 issue last Wednesday and I need to ask some follow-up questions about the front page “Nero Of The Northland” article. I live in South Minneapolis, renting a house within walking distance of the creek. Our landlord has done severe foundation work in the past,…
1) Floyd and Chauvin had both worked as security at the nightclub in the Odd Fellows Building on 27th Ave. S. and Lake St. 2) Floyd was far more popular and effective at the job. 3) Chauvin was not only working that job—he was also busy in his side hustle…
BY KATHRYN KELLY SaveHiawatha18 met with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) about the pumping issues surrounding Hiawatha Golf Course. We discussed the questions that were posed in a previous Southside Pride article. We questioned what sources of water (groundwater, surface water, storm water, re-circulated lake water) should or…
BY ULLA NILSEN AND LEE SAMELSON We are at a crossroads, again. Minneapolis is facing a historic opportunity for bold climate action in Minneapolis as our agreements with electric and gas utilities are about to expire. Advocates see the franchise agreement negotiations—happening behind closed doors—as a crucial opportunity to secure…
Tommy Goodroad BY ED FELIEN Tommy Goodroad and The Highway Birds made it home last month. On Thursday night, July 11, they played songs from their new album, See You Around, at 7th Street Entry. Pictured above is Peter Briggs on electric steel guitar, Tommy Goodroad on guitar, George Adzick…
BY KAY SCHROVEN This odd and delightful play began in 1960 as a low- budget movie, created by B-movie master Roger Corman, who recently passed away. The screenplay was written by Charles Griffith, Alan Menkin composed the music and Howard Ashmen the lyrics. The play has enjoyed multiple iterations on…
BY ED FELIEN Instead of burning Roman slums to make way for the Via del Corso to the Colosseum, Michael Schroeder, the planning “genius” of the Park Board, is flooding homes in South Minneapolis to make room for his vision of a swamp. If Nero could be credited with the…
BY ED FELIEN It’s a rematch from two years ago when Samuels came within two points of beating Omar. This year, Samuels says he wants to “end the divisive politics that has been so successful in dividing neighbors and even family members against one another.” He was the subject of…
BY CAM GORDON Linda Tirado is dying. On May 29, 2020, author, journalist and photographer Linda Tirado was injured by a police officer while covering the civil unrest in south Minneapolis. In a lawsuit she filed later, she said that a police officer shot her in the face with a…
