BY ED FELIEN Recently BuzzFeed named Minnesota the Most Hipster State in the U.S., and City Pages named Seward as the most hipster neighborhood. Would that make Franklin Avenue Hipster Boulevard? BuzzFeed used these criteria to evaluate hipsterness: The Lumberjack Look—New Yorkers try to look like Minnesotans by wearing flannel,…
BY ED FELIEN In Scandinavian countries people paint their houses bright colors to contrast with the bleakness of winter. Minnesotans generally paint their houses white, and sometimes the unrelieved whiteness of winter can become overwhelming. That’s why it is such a treat to drive down Cedar Avenue and see the…
More than 5,000 people marched in St. Paul on Saturday, June 6, to stand up against the Enbridge Pipeline, which would send the highly dangerous tar sands oil from Canada to Duluth. These young women were part of the delegation from Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church: (from left) Katherine Parent, Martha…
BY STAN GOTLIEB Tis the night before elections, and the teachers are at it again, only more so. Stomping around disrupting everything they can, they are the guarantors of a right-wing victory tomorrow. So far this week, they have destroyed some offices of the Federal Electoral Institute; closed down the…
As they say, “There are only two seasons in Minnesota, winter and construction season.” From Hennepin County: The Hennepin County Transportation Department in partnership with the City of Minneapolis is reconstructing Minnehaha Avenue from East 46th Street to Lake Street. Effective June 15, 2015, the intersection of Minnehaha Avenue and…
BY ED FELIEN Work began on the Franklin Avenue Bridge in April. This year construction will be limited to repairing the structural supports for the bridge. Routine inspections found exposed steel rebar. Some of the concrete has worn through from repeated freezing and melting. According to HongPong, Dan Fiedt’s personal…
AYOTZINAPA, EIGHT MONTHS OF CONSPIRATORIAL SILENCE AND IMPUNITY AYOTZINAPA IS NOT FORGIVEN NOR FORGOTTEN! MAKE PEÑA NIETO’S CRIMINAL GOVERNMENT PAY! “AYOTZI LIVES, THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES!” For all immigrants from Latin America and allies who are in the state of Minnesota, we are witnesses of the disappearance of students from Ayotzinapa…
BY ED FELIEN On Saturday, May 23, Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed the Agriculture Bill. “Minnesotans care deeply about our Great Outdoors, and expect that our regulatory agencies will have the authority needed to protect our natural resources,” Dayton wrote in his veto letter, “House File 846 weakens the state’s authority…
