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Development: with or without the neighborhood?

September 16, 2019 October 7, 2019

BY STEPHANIE FOX When the Minneapolis 6th Ward City Council Member Abdi Warsame and Mayor Jacob Frey announced the details on the city’s plans to build what they called an African village on a publicly-owned lot in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, the local reaction was shock and surprise. The announcement, made…

Cargill’s Amazon practices criticized at Art Institute

September 16, 2019 October 14, 2019

BY ELAINE KLAASSEN On Thursday evening, Sept. 5, I joined a group of about 70 concerned people in a global “Amazon Day of Action” at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA). According to Mighty Earth, one of the numerous environmental groups that organized and supported the event, the purpose of…

My day in court, conclusion

September 16, 2019 September 16, 2019

BY ED FELIEN The judge said he’d take the measure under advisement. He wrote me a letter a little more than a week later saying he was denying my petition: “Petitioner cites no specific legal duty—be it statute, ordinance, rule, or regulation—that requires the Park Board to remove rocks from…

Alone we go

September 16, 2019 September 16, 2019

BY ED FELIEN Wendy Knox has done it again. She has moved her Frank Theatre all over the Twin Cities. This time she’s at the Gremlin Theatre in St. Paul. She uses this intimate space to show us what it means to grow old in a production of two plays…

South High sports new athletic field

September 16, 2019 September 16, 2019

BY STEPHANIE FOX Members of the South High School community have been rallying for upgrades and fixes to the school’s Les Barnard Athletic Field for years. The bleachers were too small for the crowds who would come to cheer the South’s Gallant Tigers, the track was in terrible shape and…

Notes from the desk of peace activist Polly Mann (b. Nov. 19, 1919)

September 16, 2019 September 16, 2019

How to Take Care of Captives I think that we in the peace movement are so accustomed to looking at the need for action that we tend to let slide the various bits of upbeat news in the world of international politics. The Star Tribune of Aug. 25, however, published…

Race War

September 9, 2019 October 7, 2019

BY ED FELIEN There is a Race War happening in America. Some very crazy white people are attacking and murdering people of color. Dylann Roof killed nine African Americans during a church service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in 2015. White supremacist James Fields deliberately rammed his car into…

Happenings in the Chicago and 48th vicinity

September 9, 2019 September 9, 2019

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE We have discovered some interesting goods and services on Chicago Avenue around the 48th Street commercial hub. In general, things are pretty stable around this location, with its prosperous but not flashy real estate, great schools, and strong neighborhood organizations and business owners’ association. The retail…

Open Streets on Nicollet Avenue — music, beer running, great food … and scooters, oh, my!

September 9, 2019 September 9, 2019

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE We attended the Open Streets on Franklin Avenue a couple of weeks ago and man, there were a LOT of scooters. Scooters were a novelty rarely seen just last year at Open Streets. During my one-week visit to Atlanta this year in early August, that city…

You won’t believe what happened when we tried to investigate Chicago Avenue!

September 3, 2019 September 3, 2019

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE (Yeah, we’re hoping to sell this piece to BuzzFeed later.) But seriously, this is no joke. We were calmly and methodically doing our research to spotlight two upmarket small businesses and three long-standing nonprofits on Chicago Avenue when—BOOM!—one of the nonprofits, a 17-year-old, high-visibility presence…

Since 1956, Everett’s Food and Meats prove trendy has its limits and excellence does not

September 3, 2019 September 3, 2019

BY STEPHANIE FOX Everett’s Food and Meats is a small neighborhood grocery store in the heart of South Minneapolis. It’s been there forever. As with many little grocery stores, you can get your standard items—chips and dips, beans, rice, frozen dinners and a small selection of fresh produce. You can…

Truth and Consequences

September 3, 2019 September 16, 2019

BY TONY BOUZA There is no doubt in my mind that the most vital institution in America is a free press. Period. And the responsibility of the Fourth Estate? Dig for and report the truth. I tried hard to lead my life as a public servant in service to that…

Notes from the desk of peace activist Polly Mann (b. Nov. 19, 1919)

September 3, 2019 September 3, 2019

Unfair Remuneration The Star Tribune recently ran an article entitled “Worker pay stagnates as it soars for CEOs.” It would be great if on its publication that situation could be rectified, but no way is that going to happen! The organization responsible for the report, the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute,…

Hope and futility neck and neck as first world (barely) takes on climate crisis

September 3, 2019 September 16, 2019

BY ELAINE KLAASSEN Along with most of my friends, I wish to reduce my carbon footprint. My environmentally-friendly friends and I think if we live sustainably we can somehow alleviate and mitigate the climate heat that is exponentially encompassing the entire planet. (You know, the hotter it gets, the hotter…

My day in court

August 19, 2019 September 9, 2019

BY ED FELIEN First, I want to thank the friends and supporters who came downtown to see me try to slay the dragon. The judge asked me why I was doing this. If you don’t like the decisions they make, then there are elections. I said, these elected officials took…

Columnists

Regular Columnists

Ed Felien • Elaine Klaassen • Polly Mann • Tony Bouza • David Tilsen • Debra Keefer Ramage • Stephanie Fox • Johnny Hazard

Development: with or without the neighborhood?

Cargill’s Amazon practices criticized at Art Institute

My day in court, conclusion

Alone we go

South High sports new athletic field

Notes from the desk of peace activist Polly Mann (b. Nov. 19, 1919)

Race War

Happenings in the Chicago and 48th vicinity

Open Streets on Nicollet Avenue — music, beer running, great food … and scooters, oh, my!

You won’t believe what happened when we tried to investigate Chicago Avenue!

Since 1956, Everett’s Food and Meats prove trendy has its limits and excellence does not

Truth and Consequences

Notes from the desk of peace activist Polly Mann (b. Nov. 19, 1919)

Hope and futility neck and neck as first world (barely) takes on climate crisis

My day in court

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