Category: Phillips/Powderhorn
Warren Hanson retirement
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There was a lovely retirement party on Wednesday, June 28, for Warren Hanson, president and CEO of the Greater Minnesota Housing Fund. He began the GMHF in 1996. For the last 27 years, Hanson has led GMHF and worked closely with state and local governments, philanthropic organizations, institutional investors and…
Writers create community
Immigrant spaghetti, food and restaurant news, and two mini-reviews
‘Jersey Boys,’ a cautionary tale
The fantasy of ‘progressive’ U.S. militarism in Ukraine
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BY WYATT MILLER From Iraq, to Afghanistan, to Libya, to Vietnam, if there’s one lesson to be drawn from modern-day U.S. wars and interventions, it’s that they don’t help! No matter how bipartisan the call, no matter how morally urgent intervention was portrayed as being, in retrospect we know these…
Medea melee in the peace movement
The left’s confusion harms the Ukrainian people
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BY KIERAN F. KNUTSON, PRESIDENT OF CWA LOCAL 7250 On May 19 Medea Benjamin, the famous peace activist/celebrity, brought her book tour to south Minneapolis – and a modest protest of veterans, peace activists, Native Rights defenders and anarchists met her outside. Why would anyone be protesting a famous peace activist?…
DFL conventions – Ward 12 and Ward 10
Celebrate summer on Franklin Avenue
Nicollet Avenue from the Mall to (the city of) Bloomington – returning soon!
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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Yes, Nicollet Avenue was originally a main north-south corridor that went from downtown to Bloomington. Very few people remember those days today, but we live in hope that it will soon be so again. Nowadays, Nicollet Avenue is essentially two unconnected streets. One is the funky,…
Open Streets’ first event on East Lake Street means that summer has truly begun
MPHA proposal addresses long-term public housing needs
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BY CAM GORDON The Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) has released a new proposal that could secure long-term funding to preserve, improve and produce more public housing in Minneapolis. On May 10, they made a formal request to the Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) that would raise $12 million…
How we got here, Part Two
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BY RICHARD TAYLOR NATO’s existence became justified by the need to manage threats provoked by its enlargement. —Historian Richard Sakwa As Americans, we must ask: Did U.S. policy inflame the crisis that led Russia to invade Ukraine? To answer, let’s examine key events in Europe from 1989 to 2022. 1989…
Vets for Peace response
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BY MIKE MADDEN, VFP CHAPTER 27 Richard Taylor provides good background to the current proxy war being waged in Ukraine. I would add a few important points to his chronology: • The American role in overthrowing President Yanukovych was extensive. In addition to Sens. John McCain and Chris Murphy joining…