What’s next?

BY ED FELIEN Next year, the city of Minneapolis will elect a mayor and a city council to four-year terms. We understand Omar Fateh, Emily Koski and DeWayne Davis are challenging incumbent Mayor Jacob Frey.  We sent Koski this questionnaire, but she did not respond by press time.  We did…

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Southside Summit: “One South”

BY KAY SCHROVEN The 2024 Southside Summit kicked off on Friday evening, Nov. 8, at the historic, renovated Coliseum building (E. Lake St.) A crowd of about 100 gathered over a delectable buffet provided by Baba’s Hummus House and Mana’eesh Bakery. Many of the attendees are, have been or want…

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The Fear of Deportation

BY JONAH SEDELMEIER The Trump administration’s deportation plan has sparked significant concern for Latinos across the United States. In South Minneapolis, a community known for our vibrant and diverse population, the potential implications of this policy are profound. The Trump “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States”…

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Israel: America Reductio ad Absurdum

BY VICTORIA SHROYER They didn’t do it. No, the mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, grandparents and grandkids, aunts and uncles, cousins and even more distant relatives of those whose lives and lands are being forever destroyed by the U.S. Military Industrial Complex and its auxiliary – the Israeli Occupation…

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Gracefully – in Sickness and in Health

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE Models of care – a constantly changing landscape. The last few editions of Gracefully have focused on people who remain independent when past the age of 65 or beyond, and ways to ensure you’re among them. We have a few more of those resources to share,…

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Holidays 2024 – an Eclectic Guide

BY DEBRA KEEFER RAMAGE The holiday smorgasbord Here we are again in beautiful November, with winter holidays just around the corner. And here is Southside Pride again to tell you what’s on, among both the traditional and the innovative, and even the downright weird. As per the last few years,…

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How the Minneapolis Voting Process Really Works

BY STEPHANIE FOX The 2024 election season is over except for the shouting (lots and lots of shouting). But, although Minnesota and the City of Minneapolis has one of the highest voter turnouts in the country with highly engaged voters, many people don’t know what goes on behind the scenes.…

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Commitment to Change!

BY ED FELIEN A super-majority of the Minneapolis City Council issued a Housing First statement of principles and objectives. Finland has a policy of Housing First as a solution to homelessness: first, get them a safe place to stay, then get them a job, and then make them pay rent. Here…

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UMN SDS Statement of Halimy Hall Occupation

Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the University of Minnesota Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Since last fall, SDS and the UMN Divest Coalition have been demanding the UMN administration divest from Israel. After months of protests, die-ins, a campus-wide resolution that won by 75 percent,…

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