Category: Riverside
Support for Omar – Letter to the Editor
Willkie Forum July 23
Never forget Hind Rajab
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BY ED FELIEN The Israeli military has “slaughtered” (Noam Chomsky’s word) more than 35,000 Palestinians—most of them, women and children. From Wikipedia: In January 2024, three months into the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, much of the Strip was largely deserted and bombed out. The health care system in Gaza was collapsing…
Trump and the threat of civil war
Another look at the new rideshare law
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BY CAM GORDON Many people are celebrating the recent rideshare legislation that was signed into law in May. Elected officials are congratulating themselves and others for the new law that is expected to give drivers a 20% raise in pay, protection from unjust deactivations, and stronger insurance provisions. “The drivers…
Summer on Franklin Avenue
Summer on Nicollet Avenue
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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Reconnected Avenue is ever closer As we have asserted in previous editions, Nicollet Avenue is really two different streets. There is everything north of Lake Street (Cecil Newman Lane, really) which includes the crossing of the Greenway, Eat Street, and Nicollet Mall downtown, and then there’s…
Commemorating the 1934 Teamster strike
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BY STEVE BRANDT Twin Cities area labor activists and sympathizers will keep alive the spirit of the landmark 1934 Minneapolis Teamster strike over the next two months with a 90th-anniversary commemoration that includes film screenings, art exhibits, a panel discussion and a wreath-laying ceremony, culminating in a July 27 remembrance…
Student activists to Board of Regents: Vote on divestment
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BY CLINT COMBS On May 10 student activists supporting Palestinian rights packed a sixth-floor room at McNamara Hall urging the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents to cut business ties with defense contractors. “The global nature of these corporations and the harm they are complicit in means that a wide…
Congressional District 5 DFL endorsing convention
Proposed change to DFL endorsement process won’t serve Minneapolis well
Eleanor Roosevelt/Wendell Willkie Forum to host Michael Meeropol
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The Eleanor Roosevelt/Wendell Willkie Forum will host, as its first speaker, Michael Meeropol, elder son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. He is speaking at the Woman’s Club of Minneapolis at 410 Oak Grove St. on Tuesday, July 23, at 8 p.m. The forum is free. There will be a cash bar before and after. An…
‘A Year with Frog and Toad’
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BY KAY SCHROVEN The Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis has returned “A Year with Frog and Toad” to the UnitedHealth Group stage, playing through June 16. This award-winning play, nominated three times for a Tony Award, is a playful, innovative musical for young and not-so-young theatergoers. It exemplifies the meaning…
Soup for You! Café
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BY AMANDA LUKER Soup for You! Café, a beloved community donation-based eatery renowned for its hearty soups and welcoming atmosphere, is thrilled to announce its new relocation. After several years of serving free delicious meals at Bethany Lutheran Church, Soup for You! Café has moved to a new home at…