BY MYRON ORFIELD A report released by the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity details how a $1 billion, “separate but equal,” government-funded strategy in the Phillip’s neighborhood failed. Over the last few decades, housing developers have convinced the government and philanthropists to provide them with $1 billion to improve education, public…
BY ED FELIEN The 11th Ward Convention will be May 31 at Washburn High School, but it’s beginning to look more like a Coronation of the Homecoming King than a normally raucous DFL Convention. Jamison Whiting played cornerback for the Washburn Millers before he graduated in 2013. He currently coaches boy’s football at…
BY CLINT COMBS Diversity hires have been criticized for harming intelligence agencies, with the White House arguing that such initiatives have weakened national security. Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host, now leads the Pentagon’s campaign against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. His rise reflects a broader reshaping of…
BY CLINT COMBS “I will invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target and dismantle every migrant criminal network operating on American soil,” President Donald Trump said at his campaign rally last fall. The Alien Enemies Act, a zombie law that dates back to the late 18th century and was last used during World War II.…
BY KAY SCHROVEN Pastor Jenny Sung was travelling internationally when she became aware of the opportunity to become Pastor for Calvary Lutheran Church (CLC) on Chicago Ave. in Minneapolis. During her first interview she was cautious, gathering information and assessing the possibilities. By the second interview she felt the calling…
BY ELAINE KLAASSEN On Saturday, April 12, dozens of citizens — most of whom are affiliated with Christian denominations or with other faith groups — walked from the nature center at 49th Ave. N. in North Minneapolis, down the Mississippi River to Bdote, the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota…
BY STEPHANIE FOX Melissa Fritz had worked for nearly a dozen years assisting families circumnavigating the transitions of aging, when she found herself helping her own family through the process. Her father had begun suffering with the symptoms of Alzheimer’s, and when the pandemic began, the isolation made her usually…
Dear Editor, Thank you for your recent article “What’s happening at George Floyd Square? March 4, 2025.” I’ve been writing to Jason Chavez a few times over this issue. I agree with him on a lot of different issues, but he has this one all wrong. I can’t understand for the…
BY ED FELIEN I believe the people who live on the land must be recognized as the rightful owners of that land. No foreign army should determine their sovereignty. There must be plebiscites to allow the people of Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk to vote on whether they want to align…
BY DAVE GUTKNECHT I headed that earlier column with the Istanbul April 2022 agreement that would have left Ukraine intact except for Crimea. The West, through Boris Johnson, then told Ukraine that if it abandoned the negotiations, NATO would back it all the way. Ukraine, having some agency, accepted this…
BY DAVE GUTKNECHT Thanks to maverick Trump, we have partially backed away from the threat of nuclear war — so far, a victory for realists over ideologues. But concerning Israel, the ideologues are in charge. Remember Istanbul 2022 and negotiations to end the Ukraine war? No, a censored story. The…
BY ED FELIEN You can change the world. Trump is not as great as he thinks he is. He needs us to bow before him. If you stand up, if your neighbors stand up and say, “No,” then he is reduced to the clown we know him to be. Wouldn’t it be…
BY ELAINE KLAASSEN In the March issue of Southside Pride, Ed Felien, the owner, publisher, and editor-in-chief of the newspaper, wrote this: “We have mourned the unfair and untimely death of George Floyd for almost five years. Perhaps it’s time now to celebrate his life. He worked security for local night…
BY CAM GORDON While the city has struggled to create the truth and reconciliation process it committed to nearly 5 years ago, one small Southside group is making progress of its own. On March 22, the Reclaiming Edmund Boulevard Coalition and Ward 12 Council Member Aurin Chowdhury hosted a meeting…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE The battle plan against Mother Earth Project 2025 — which is apparently the project plan for our present federal administration now — is particularly hostile to the planetary wellbeing of our home planet. It goes way beyond mere climate denial. In an attempt to get a…
