Phillips/Powderhorn
City budget: No new cops
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BY LEX HORAN, RECLAIM THE BLOCK On Dec. 5 the Minneapolis City Council passed its 2019 budget, which included no new funding for hires at the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD), but they increased MPD’s allocation by 2.2% over its 2018 funding levels. The budget passed after extensive public testimony calling…
FROM WHERE I STAND: Notes from the desk of peace activist Polly Mann (b. Nov. 19, 1919)
My trivial view
Park Board shenanigans
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BY ED FELIEN People are complaining of a smell coming from deals being made at the Park Board. Park Board President Brad Bourn appointed his best campaign worker, Kendall Killian, to a $114,000 a year consulting contract. They broke the contract into six-month periods, so it didn’t need board approval…
FINDING MY WAY: Work may be my recovery
FROM WHERE I STAND: Notes from the desk of peace activist Polly Mann (b. Nov. 19, 1919)
In praise of Doris Overby
Becoming the Kindly Ghost
To kill the Golden Goose
On the street
IN TRANSIT: The winter 2018 service change and improving transit governance
Pillsbury House Theatre supports our deepest values
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BY ELAINE KLAASSEN Sunday night, Dec. 9, I went out into the cold dark night to witness wonderful collaborations—people creating art moments together—at Pillsbury House Theatre, 35th and Chicago. Children in the after-school program there had paired up with professional volunteer performers, playwrights and directors to create the little 10-minute…
Excuse me while I’m angry … !
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BY SHASA SARTIN The following piece is brought to you by the impassioned creations of Audre Lorde, Beyoncé, Kelis, Leikeli47, Megan Thee Stallion, Rico Nasty, and my mother. Have you ever encountered some upsetting information and … started seeing red? Shortly after you hear a very loud screeching sound: it’s…