Frey waffles with COVID (yuck!), resisting diet culture, vitamin D, and a mini-review of ie Italian Eatery
BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE COVID-19: Both cities implement vaccine, test result checks On Jan. 12, both Minneapolis and St. Paul, reeling from the high rates of new COVID-19 omicron variant cases, announced mandates for restaurants and bars to check either vaccine status or a negative COVID test within two days…
Children in crisis
BY ELINA KOLSTAD At a press conference in early January, Mayor Frey argued that schools should remain open in order to combat violent crime and increased carjackings often carried out by juvenile offenders. He specifically said, “When we don’t have that [schools open], boredom sets in. And boredom is no…
Migrants in Mexico
How to get rich
Rest in Power, Brother Mel Reeves
Open letter to the new City Council
From blood sacrifice to heart-shaped candy boxes: 2,000 years of Valentine’s Day
Most Minneapolis caucuses will be virtual this year.
To participate in Minneapolis’s DFL caucuses people need to sign up at http://www.minneapolisdfl.org/2022 We believe participating in the caucuses is the first step towards running the government. Democratic-Farmer-Labor (The Farmer-Labor Association declared in its 1934 Platform: “Capitalism has failed and should be abolished.” “We mean to establish the Cooperative Commonwealth.”)…
Snow – a white conspiracy
Thank you, Jeremy Schroeder
There’s truly no place like it!
Powderhorn neighbors act to calm streets
BY AMY BLUMENSHINE Powderhorn neighbors came together at 32nd Street and Elliot Avenue on Dec. 12 for an outdoor “party with a purpose” to improve street safety for bicyclists and pedestrians. Neighbors are petitioning the city to make needed calming of the streets before next spring’s asphalting instead of after,…
What do you want at Lake and Nicollet?
BY ED FELIEN In one of its last acts of 2021, the City Council approved a framework for beginning public discussions about what kind of development should happen when they re-construct Nicollet Avenue between 29th Street and Lake Street. The press release announcing the plan said: “The broad project goals…
Alondra Cano Honorary Resolution
Resolution of the Minneapolis City Council: By: Reich, Gordon, Fletcher, Cunningham, Ellison, Osman, Goodman, Jenkins, Bender, Schroeder, Johnson, and Palmisano Honoring Council Member Alondra Cano for her years of service to the city of Minneapolis Whereas: Alondra Cano was elected in November 2013 to represent the Ninth Ward, and was…