Watch Party Minneapolis March
Hosted by Patrick Kerrigan, Unicorn Riot. https://www.facebook.com/patrick.kerrigan.182/posts/2769296616631665
Hosted by Patrick Kerrigan, Unicorn Riot. https://www.facebook.com/patrick.kerrigan.182/posts/2769296616631665
June 1 The young people that are fueling these these, the reporters call them protests, and although the intent is about change that label doesn’t seem right to me. Gathering is too generic. They are so earnest, almost spiritual at times, but not doctrinaire but peaceful. 20,000 people almost silent…
BY PETER MCLAUGHLIN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The cost of housing has ballooned in the Twin Cities, and this increase has disproportionately affected low-income renters. For every 10 families who are below 30 percent of the area median income in the Twin Cities, it is estimated that there are only three homes…
BY ELAINE KLAASSEN Instead of spending their day-off on desperately needed rest and self-care, Twin Cities nurses staged an informational picket in front of United Hospital in St. Paul, demanding “nurse protections” and protesting “United’s retaliation against workers for trying to protect themselves from the COVID-19 virus.” In the early…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE The Nokomis area centered around the business hub of 34th Avenue South and East 50th Street was already experiencing upheaval before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. While some businesses were doing well—the Bull’s Horn, Town Hall Lanes, the hardware store and others—some were teetering, closing, or despite…
In spite of significant public opposition, and amid growing concerns surrounding the short and long-term impacts of COVID-19, six members of the nine-member Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Board voted to approve an expensive, confusing, and controversial Comprehensive District Design Plan (CDD) on Tuesday evening, May 12. Full implementation of the…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE As you may have noticed, for the duration of the pandemic, including the gradual “reopening,” the rebound if any, the aftermath, and the recovery, all neighborhood focus articles will concentrate on pandemic news. So, for East 38th Street, we’ll start with the Nicollet and East 38th…
BY TONY BOUZA It is a bromide and cliché that crises present opportunities—but these are honored mostly in being ignored. The comfortable status quo. The public understands and supports drastic action in a pandemic. The MPD could abandon two-person squads and answer twice the 911 calls—even with a virus-ravaged force.…