Phillips/Powderhorn
The Native American community needs infrastructure support
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BY DAVID TILSEN Sixteen urban Indian organizations recently announced they are seeking private and public support to construct buildings to increase the capacity of organizations dealing with education, health care, affordable housing and Native culture. The junction of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers was originally an important intersection of commerce…
The new City Council divide
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BY CAM GORDON On Jan. 10, the new Minneapolis City Council met for the first time, elected new leadership and approved new committee assignments. It also revealed an interesting council divide. While the historic election of former vice president and Ward 8 council member Andrea Jenkins as the new council…
Reader criticizes Walz – Letter to the Editor
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This letter is written in response to the statement that Walz running for governor in 2022 would be helpful to Democrats. Many Minnesotans will not vote for Walz again. I’ll first note the many voters he lost after his state police froze 640+ anti-police brutality protestors that cold November night…
Who is really running Minneapolis? – Letter to the Editor
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The Jones Day law firm is the fifth largest law firm in the United States. They mostly represent large corporations, but in the last election they represented the Trump campaign in lawsuits trying to overturn the election results. Jones Day has virtually taken over the government of our city, working…
Open letter to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension – Letter to the Editor
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As you certainly know, Winston Smith was killed by officers under the supervision of the U.S. Marshals on June 3, 2021. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension conducted a Use-of-Deadly Force investigation, resulting in a report of over 1,000 pages, submitted to Crow Wing County Attorney Donald Ryan. Mr. Ryan then…
Children’s Theatre’s ‘Bina’s Six Apples’ a tale of hope during trying times
Frey waffles with COVID (yuck!), resisting diet culture, vitamin D, and a mini-review of ie Italian Eatery
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BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE COVID-19: Both cities implement vaccine, test result checks On Jan. 12, both Minneapolis and St. Paul, reeling from the high rates of new COVID-19 omicron variant cases, announced mandates for restaurants and bars to check either vaccine status or a negative COVID test within two days…
Children in crisis
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BY ELINA KOLSTAD At a press conference in early January, Mayor Frey argued that schools should remain open in order to combat violent crime and increased carjackings often carried out by juvenile offenders. He specifically said, “When we don’t have that [schools open], boredom sets in. And boredom is no…
Migrants in Mexico
How to get rich
From blood sacrifice to heart-shaped candy boxes: 2,000 years of Valentine’s Day
There’s truly no place like it!
Powderhorn neighbors act to calm streets
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BY AMY BLUMENSHINE Powderhorn neighbors came together at 32nd Street and Elliot Avenue on Dec. 12 for an outdoor “party with a purpose” to improve street safety for bicyclists and pedestrians. Neighbors are petitioning the city to make needed calming of the streets before next spring’s asphalting instead of after,…
What do you want at Lake and Nicollet?
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BY ED FELIEN In one of its last acts of 2021, the City Council approved a framework for beginning public discussions about what kind of development should happen when they re-construct Nicollet Avenue between 29th Street and Lake Street. The press release announcing the plan said: “The broad project goals…