BY CAM GORDON Many people are celebrating the recent rideshare legislation that was signed into law in May. Elected officials are congratulating themselves and others for the new law that is expected to give drivers a 20% raise in pay, protection from unjust deactivations, and stronger insurance provisions. “The drivers…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE A lot is happening on Franklin Avenue! Two major portions of the stretch of Franklin Avenue we cover in Southside Pride are the American Indian Cultural Corridor from Hiawatha Avenue to 11th Avenue and the part that runs through Seward neighborhood, from Cedar Avenue to the…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Reconnected Avenue is ever closer As we have asserted in previous editions, Nicollet Avenue is really two different streets. There is everything north of Lake Street (Cecil Newman Lane, really) which includes the crossing of the Greenway, Eat Street, and Nicollet Mall downtown, and then there’s…
BY STEVE BRANDT Twin Cities area labor activists and sympathizers will keep alive the spirit of the landmark 1934 Minneapolis Teamster strike over the next two months with a 90th-anniversary commemoration that includes film screenings, art exhibits, a panel discussion and a wreath-laying ceremony, culminating in a July 27 remembrance…
BY CLINT COMBS On May 10 student activists supporting Palestinian rights packed a sixth-floor room at McNamara Hall urging the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents to cut business ties with defense contractors. “The global nature of these corporations and the harm they are complicit in means that a wide…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE CD5 DFL endorsing convention, May 11, South High School Having not succeeded in becoming a delegate to my Congressional District convention, I attended on a guest pass to “cover” it. I put that in quotes, because it’s not my forte to do straight coverage, nor rabble-rousing…
BY DAVID TILSEN Of what use is the DFL endorsement? Shouldn’t we just have a primary, or ranked choice voting to elect our government? That would be more inclusive – it’s a lot easier and seems fairer. You don’t even need to show up, you can just vote by mail. The problem…
The Eleanor Roosevelt/Wendell Willkie Forum will host, as its first speaker, Michael Meeropol, elder son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. He is speaking at the Woman’s Club of Minneapolis at 410 Oak Grove St. on Tuesday, July 23, at 8 p.m. The forum is free. There will be a cash bar before and after. An…
BY KAY SCHROVEN The Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis has returned “A Year with Frog and Toad” to the UnitedHealth Group stage, playing through June 16. This award-winning play, nominated three times for a Tony Award, is a playful, innovative musical for young and not-so-young theatergoers. It exemplifies the meaning…
BY AMANDA LUKER Soup for You! Café, a beloved community donation-based eatery renowned for its hearty soups and welcoming atmosphere, is thrilled to announce its new relocation. After several years of serving free delicious meals at Bethany Lutheran Church, Soup for You! Café has moved to a new home at…
BY ELAINE KLAASSEN When I was in my 20s I often talked about how important it was for people to write about their lives and their thoughts, and how much it would expand one’s consciousness to read about the inner life, observations and experiences of others. It seems that more…
BY CRAIG WOOD “Spider” John Koerner passed away May 18 in South Minneapolis at age 85. He will be remembered for his unique musical style and contributions to the American folk/blues scene during the ‘60s, as well as being a wandering, guitar-totin’ troubadour who could tell a joke like nobody…
BY JOHN RYKHUS, JR. Ukrainian heavyweight boxer Oleksandr Usyk recently was named the undisputed champion of the world, the first person to hold all four of the major professional boxing associations’ respective titles since Lennox Lewis in 1999. But one has to wonder about the timing of this achievement given…
BY ED FELIEN Sunday, April 14, was a beautiful day to be outside, but registration for the District 62 DFL convention at Washburn High began at 9 a.m., and the convention didn’t adjourn until after 7 p.m., so most of the delegates didn’t get much of a chance to enjoy…
BY CRAIG WOOD Two gutsy activists from antiwar groups officing out of 4200 Cedar Ave. in South Minneapolis flew to Istanbul, Turkey, on April 17 to join over 300 others from about 40 countries on an 1,100-mile voyage across the Mediterranean Sea to raise awareness and bring lifesaving aid to Gaza.…
