BY TONY BOUZA Gilbert and Sullivan had it right—A policeman’s (today’s grammarians would insist on an androgynous “police officer”—and be right) lot is not a happy one. Cops shoot black males. Riots explode. The Criminal Justice System contorts itself and produces grotesque outcomes. The Dallas killing of five cops evokes…
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Bloomington Avenue, which runs through the South Minneapolis neighborhoods of Phillips, Powderhorn, Bancroft, Northrup, Hale and Diamond Lake, is one of the most diverse in the Twin Cities. These neighborhoods have been shaped by Africans, the most recent migrants; Latinos, who’ve been calling this area home…
BY CHRISTOPHER HARRISON ELDRIDGE “These are heavy times.” With this observation City Council Vice President Elizabeth Glidden opened her address to the gathered Minneapolitans, seated and serried in a third floor auditorium in Lake Street’s Plaza Verde complex. The high ceilings, crossed by sheer cloth, combine with the worn hardwood…
BY ED FELIEN Southside Pride asked the DFL candidates in the upcoming election—Phyllis Kahn, Muhamud Noor and Ilhan Omar—these questions. Only Ilhan Omar responded: If elected to the State Legislature, would you introduce and support legislation to: 1. Establish free tuition at community colleges for Minnesota residents and establish free child…
BY ADAM M. SCHENCK No figure in our politics has so confounded pundits and pollsters like Donald John Trump, current Republican nominee for President of the United States. How does one interpret the ascent of a man thoroughly lacking the qualities of statesmanship toward our country’s highest office? How can…
BY ADAM M. SCHENCK Millennials, Greatest Generation, Gen Xers, Baby Boomers—it’s easy to dismiss self-appointed experts who separate out groups of people based on arbitrary birth dates. Yet, within a social movement like the gay rights movement, could the gradual ebb and flow of legal rights and social acceptance change…
