BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Howard Zinn once said “Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens.” He was talking about trying to affect militarism and foreign policy, after acknowledging that there were times when the margin between…
BY STEPHANIE FOX Nokomis East—the Keewaydin, Wenonah, Minnehaha and Morris Park neighborhoods—is one of the few neighborhoods in Minneapolis without a community garden. But that might change, maybe as early as next spring. The Nokomis East Neighborhood Association (NENA) started discussing the possibility of sponsoring an official garden at its…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE The concept of a virtual town or neighborhood was actually born right here in Minneapolis decades ago with the founding of an online “community” called e-democracy. It seems old-fashioned now, but that’s because it’s so imitated, yet still around. Global now in its reach but much…
BY DWIGHT HOBBES Summer 2011: the Minneapolis Police Department struck at the South Minneapolis intersection of Chicago and Franklin. Crack dealers along with hookers and other junkies, accustomed to complacently setting up camp at the Thrones Plaza entrance to Peavey Park, hardly knew what hit them. Literally overnight, coordinating undercover…
BY CARLA WALDEMAR Picture a perfect Minnesota meal: Salad of heirloom tomatoes and micro greens dotted with fresh mozzarella; Fisher Farm barbecued pork ribs with mashed potatoes rich with local Hope Creamery butter and cream; grilled and roasted summer vegetables and ears of corn. And pies! Pies celebrating blueberries, strawberries,…
BY ADAM M. SCHENCK “Hell or High Water,” a Western-heist film combination starring Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine, stands out in the midst of Hollywood’s cautious, ho-hum summer releases. While the movie does not expand the film form in terms of narrative or production, this well-crafted work does instruct us…
BY CARLA WALDEMAR Picture a perfect Minnesota meal: a salad of heirloom tomatoes and microgreens dotted with fresh mozzarella; Fisher Farm barbecued pork ribs with mashed potatoes rich with local Hope Creamery butter and cream; grilled and roasted summer vegetables and ears of corn. And pies! Pies celebrating blueberries, strawberries,…
