Our community has been through a painful and devastating year – Operation Metro Surge, the Annunciation shootings, political violence. Our next Hennepin County attorney will face critical choices about standing up to the Trump administration, keeping our communities safe, and earning public trust.
What can we build when we stop waiting for someone else to build it for us? I’ve been thinking about that question a lot. We often talk about what our communities need. More affordable …
If a backgammon revival crosses the nation, it started here A new backgammon league is starting in the Twin Cities, with games rotating between Utepils Brewing and Padraigs Brewing (Northeast). …
Since mid-September, I’ve been wearing a “Keep Kenny” button everywhere I go. And several times — whether at work, dance, soccer, the park — neighboring district parents, extended family members and strangers have asked me, “Why would they close Kenny?”
I’ve spent much of my time on the Minneapolis Park Board thinking about what keeps young people purposeful and connected. Although the Park Board plays a big role in juvenile crime prevention by channeling young people into positive growth and opportunities, other partners are needed to ensure accountability that keeps everyone safe.
In a largely secretive process that excluded the opinions of much of the community, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has nominated interim police chief Bill Peterson to become the next MPD chief. …
Minneapolis is facing a difficult budget year, and cuts are going to happen somewhere. But is neighborhood funding really the place where we want to save money? Especially when it represents such a small part of the City’s spending and produces so much value beyond what the City directly pays for.
My name is Ellie Kidder, founder of Deaf Cultural Arts & Wellness, or DCAW. DCAW strengthens Deaf culture through art, storytelling, community relationships, historical preservation, and Deaf-led …
For people to agree on what a word or phrase means before they discuss a topic seems like common sense and a necessary step in clear communication. However, as Ira Gershwin wrote for the character …
By binge reading I commit to reading the entire paper in one session. MICHAEL AND MITRAL Michael Casper is my former massage therapist at The Wellness Center MN and a Longfellow neighborhood …
Last week I posted the following words on a social media site — and you’d have thought I’d poked an angry dog with a hot stick. First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an …
It’s city budget season. You know what that means. No one’s happy. Something is getting cut. Something is getting funded. And someone doesn’t like it. You can’t please everyone. …
Feeling too exhausted to cook and yet not wanting to spend too much money on meal delivery is a sentiment that describes most of my friends and family lately. By the time we get to the evening our …
TMC Publications (including the Longfellow Nokomis Messenger, Midway Como Frogtown Monitor and Southwest Voices) follows Associated Press guidelines and other industry standards regarding the use of …
“The mind can circumvent all obstacles to action, and turn them to the furtherance of its main purpose, so that any impediment to its work becomes instead an auxiliary, and the barriers in its path …
Stories abound like produce at a farmers market this time of year. Here are a few of mine. SPEAKING UP FOR LOCAL JOURNALISM AND PEOPLE WHO LEAVE MINNEAPOLIS June 15. I am at Richfield Lutheran …
I’ve been thinking about phonies again. Not because of social media. Not because of politics. Because of "The Catcher in the Rye," a book I first read in Mr. Caldwell’s ninth-grade English …
As we launch our summer membership drive, we want to ask for your support. Before that, we want to tell you why we think this work matters more than ever. Our team has spent some time the last …
Big things start small. A conversation. A drawing. A student imagining flowers outside a school entrance. Sometimes, a garden begins long before the first seed touches the soil. At …
It’s no secret that Uptown has seen a decline in commercial activity for years. The Uptown of yesteryear was a fun one, suited for its time. But in 2026, the community needs to be realistic about what makes a thriving contemporary neighborhood.
