Nokomis
Lake Hiawatha clean-up
Understanding the strategic and political importance of Mariupol
Abortion: Mexico/U.S.
What’s new near 48th Street & Chicago Ave.
After two years of disease and destruction, Hennepin Avenue is beginning to recover (mostly)
Swamp Creatures rise from the dead
East Phillips Farm dream – still alive
The mental and emotional stages of environmentalism
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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Chances are, if you know 10 people who consider themselves environmentalists or some version thereof (ecosocialist, ecofeminist, environmental anarchist, left-wing prepper) you will notice that they all have different approaches to their activism, and often different “takes” on what informs their beliefs, what matters the most,…
Markets indoors and out, square donuts, sushi and more
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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Closings in food and drink From Racket.com and other sources we learned that Tin Whiskers, one of the original artisanal Minnesota breweries, is closing this year. Buy up their inventory while you still can, if you’re a fan. From Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, we learn that 35-year Dinkytown…
Ukrainian heartbeat in Northeast Minneapolis
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BY LYDIA HOWELL The Ukrainian language demeaned as a dialect, “Little Russian,” or censored; a beloved folk musical instrument suppressed; prison or death for poets, artists and dissidents since the 1860s – all these things have been done to maintain Russian domination of Ukraine. Whether under czars or Soviets, from…
America’s foremost institution
In praise of curb cuts
On strike!
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BY ELINA KOLSTAD My daughter is home from school, as many children in Minneapolis are, because of the teachers strike. Every indication is that the district didn’t take the negotiations seriously. Neither my school board member nor Superintendent Ed Graff responded when I reached out to them as a concerned…
The Children’s Theatre’s new production might help kids understand race and racism
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BY STEPHANIE FOX At first glance, the Children’s Theatre’s latest production, “Something Happened in Our Town,” seems to have been written for the Twin Cities, but it’s bigger than that. The plot revolves around two families, next-door neighbors. The Perkins family is Black, the Hartleys are white, and the play…