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 …
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.
When Minnesota's two major parties gathered at their endorsing conventions the last week of May, the activists in the room were not a cross section of the state. They were the most committed, the …
For the past two decades there has been growing interest in funding local news organizations. As local newspapers have come under increasing pressure from economic challenges and shifting media …
You may have noticed something lately when interacting with the people in our community. If you take a moment to look beyond the nods, smiles, and other pleasantries of Minnesota nice, you can see …
We are wired for connection. We thrive in healthy relationships. Our brains seek approval and validation. All of us — across every political, spiritual, and socioeconomic line — crave connection. …
It looks like this year I will renew my visits to south Minneapolis Farmers Markets starting with Midtown Farmers Market and Neighborhood Roots Farmers Markets (Southwest, Kingsfield and Nokomis). …
Dear Members of the Board, MPS staff, and Council Member Chowdhury, I am writing to express my concerns about the proposed plans for building on the Cooper School site. I believe …
This summer, my colleagues were reporting out a story about the Department of Education’s “final mission,” its effort to undermine public education even as the Trump administration worked …
Problems are a call to action. It's time to act. In my April column for Southwest Voices, " War, taxes, and the power of local change ," we asked residents to help shape the future of …
