Meeting with the chief, or not
BY ED FELIEN On Thursday, Sept.18, more than 200 people came to Sabathani Community Center on 38th Street to meet with Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau. She didn’t show. She said she had “credible information from a long-standing community leader, in addition to a number of other sources, about planned…
The fight for $15 spreads to MSP airport
BY GINGER JENTZEN, 15 NOW MINNESOTA ORGANIZER On Monday, Sept. 15, workers at the Minneapolis/St.Paul airport, backed by dozens of community supporters, delivered 1,000 petitions signed by their co-workers to the Metropolitan Airport Commission (MAC) calling for a $15/hour minimum wage. This action, led by workers organized in 15 Now,…
Why ISIS?
A sample ballot for November 4
Charley’s Garden “Heralds of winter drift by my window”
Queen of Cuisine “Two steps backward, one step forward”
BY SOPHIA SMITH Restaurant options in the Longfellow neighborhood took two steps backwards and one step forward in the past month. Parka Café closed. The food was always amazing and beautifully presented. Whether a wonderfully thick Rueben with whole grain mustard and lots of sauerkraut, or a special hamburger, or…
Raina’s Wellness “Fortify yourself with the new protein primer”
Buster’s is back where it belongs
Soul food: Gotta get up to get down – Southside Desire means it, too
BY JEANETTE YOUNG POWER In the tradition of many indehiscent bands before them, Southside Desire is releasing their second album eponymously on Oct. 22, 2014. Like a big sister mourning for her youth, the album is a step back in time both in its reminiscent lyrics and retro-styled album artwork/sound.…
Talking to a wall is not dialog: trying to talk to the American Jewish World
BY ED FELIEN On Wednesday, Aug. 27, Mordecai Specktor published an editorial in the American Jewish World that accused me of anti-Semitism. I wrote a response and told him, “I have always published Jewish Community Relations Council responses to my editorials regarding the actions of the Israeli government in the…
Learning from the Adrian Peterson experience
We report firsthand from the streets of NYC
BY AMY BLUMENSHINE We were there! Southsiders turned out in disproportionate numbers to the massive People’s Climate March in New York City, Sunday, Sept.21, demanding action on climate change. At least 225 locals journeyed on chartered buses, four from the Midtown Farmers’ Market parking area, and others got across the…
