Next year many neighborhood organizations in Minneapolis will be receiving less financial support from the city than they have for years, or even decades. While all 20 southwest neighborhood orgs …
When does the right to own a gun capable of such destruction become more important than the lives we are losing? I’m not talking about recreational hunting or going down to the firing range; …
Who is a storyteller? It's an important question these days because storytelling matters more than ever. Whoever controls the narrative controls history. A few years ago, a Nigerian writer named …
Standish tile artist Haruko Ruggiero always had a sense that she would develop her own “something” related to interior design and patterns. She began by fashioning together mosaics. …
Climate change, habitat loss and pesticides are causing dramatic declines in populations of insects and the birds who need them – with likely dire consequences for humans’ quality of life …
Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) and community leaders will officially break ground at North High School on Friday, Sept. 16 for a new Career and Technical Education (CTE) Center and significant …
WESTMINISTER TOWN HALL FORUM BEGINS Are Americans hopelessly divided? Are the rifts in politics and culture insurmountable? Not according to the four speakers appearing this fall at the …
MAXIMUM PROPERTY TAX LEVY SET The Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) has approved the levy increase of 6.5% as proposed by Mayor Jacob Frey. At the September meeting, BET member Steve Brandt …
In 2014, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a resolution recognizing the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. At the time, Minneapolis was only the second city to do so in the country.
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Fawkes Alley Coffee is a collaboration between Loring Corners and Futsal Society
Multiple teacher vacancies at Patrick Henry High School are leading to teachers picking up classes and students going without their preferred schedules.
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Michael Kauper has been wanting to bring his telescopes to the community for over 30 years. Last week, his dream came true at Pershing Park.
I asked Southwest Voices team members to tell me about their most memorable Southwest Voices stories
Beachy is currently in his 21st year of teaching. This is his eighth as a special education teacher with Minneapolis Public Schools. “I come from a family of teachers, and I am a strong …
How will you reduce the achievement gap between Black and White students in the district?Even before the school board started discussing it, I knew we had to get on a structured literacy with heavy …
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