Riverside
Bridgil
Minneapolis joins with cities nationally to say NO to U.S. wars in Iran and Iraq
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BY MEREDITH ABY-KEIRSTEAD On Jan. 4, over 700 people took to the streets of the West Bank in Minneapolis to protest the Trump administration’s attempt to provoke a new war with Iran by assassinating Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian military leader, and by sending more troops, further prolonging the U.S.…
Palestine in the classroom
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BY ISSRAA EL-KHATIB Last November, I was invited to speak at Darcy Samek’s class at St. Mary’s University to explain more about Palestinian culture and history. It was a marriage and family therapy class that was interested in better understanding the context and values of Arab (Palestinian) immigrants specifically,…
We’re changing
BY ED FELIEN Beginning in January we’re going to change the way we deliver Southside Pride. Each of our three editions will be will be available at 100 convenient locations: at businesses, libraries, churches and community centers. Home delivery will be discontinued. It was a lot of hard work, but…
Donald, the cornered rat
Your body aging — gracefully
Sartorial splendor
Celebrate Mayday
Manipulations and deceptions
Golf
Equity is the root of it all
Reflections
Ram Dass passing
Notes from the desk of peace activist Polly Mann (b. Nov. 19, 1919)
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A Positive Corporate Direction My cynicism about the one-sided motives that corporations display in their transactions is sometimes challenged—not very often but once in a while. That happened yesterday when I was reading The New York Times. The headline of the half-page article read: “Bringing a Focus on Doing Good…