BY ELAINE KLAASSEN Meredith Webb, the third-grade teacher at Hiawatha Leadership Academy, at 38th Avenue South and 56th Street, called Southside Pride asking if someone could talk to her class about newspapers. In the absence of our owner/publisher/editor-in-chief, who was out of town, I was the logical candidate since I’m…
BY CARLA WALDEMAR Giordano’s 2700 Hennepin Ave. S. 612-444-3143 Take-away orders: www.orders/giordanos/com “Is the Pope in town?” I wondered, trying to make my way down South Hennepin through crowds of the devout. Well, sort of. Blame the traffic hazard on Giordano’s, the Holy See of stuffed pizza. The new Uptown…
You’ve probably never heard of DARPA, the secretive Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency of the U.S. Defense Department. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, in the 1990s, DARPA has been active in many areas, from solving infectious disease to transforming humans for the theater of war. For example, with…
BY ED FELIEN Before the 20th century, drama entertained by telling a story. The first modern innovation came with Henrik Ibsen’s introduction of social purpose to the story; his plays used drama to prove a thesis: a woman’s need for self-actualization—“A Doll’s House”; the need to confront a community about…
BY LARA NORKUS-CRAMPTON The Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar Clark held a rally and march despite frigid temps on Dec. 19. Hundreds of peaceful protestors representing a diverse coalition of civil rights, community, labor and faith groups marched for several hours from the 4th Police Precinct to Downtown…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE The short answer is yes. The long answer, ah! That is a story rich in incident, with enticing side journeys into such areas as hermeneutics, historiography and linguistics, part of a wider question about the history of these celebrations, one Christian and one Jewish, and how…
BY $15 NOW CAMPAIGN Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges and many on the City Council pledged to make closing racial equity gaps—in education, housing, healthcare and jobs—their highest priority. As politicians fund studies, make speeches and investigate trendy new approaches for these critical problems one simple policy has so far stayed…
BY ED FELIEN Early Sunday morning, Nov. 15, 911 Emergency was called to treat the victim of an assault at a party in North Minneapolis. Paramedics called for police support once there, because, they said, Jamar Clark was interfering with their treatment of the young woman. Police came and intervened. …
BY CARLA WALDEMAR Revival 4257 Nicollet Ave. S. Corner Table 4537 Nicollet Ave. S. Nighthawks 3757 Nicollet Ave. S. 4 Bells 1610 Harmon Place Eastside 301 Washington Ave. We’re newly stuffed with turkey—our iconic Thanksgiving center-of-the-table. But for the rest of the year, it’s chicken—specifically, fried chicken—that’s a cherished Minnesota…
BY TOM DICKINSON On Nov. 12 the illegality of torture and the grotesque ways it has misshapen our country were highlighted in two presentations given by CIA whistle blower John Kiriakou and American Psychological Association (APA) reformer Bradley Olson at Hamline University and the University of Minnesota. These talks gave a…
