The Twin Cities Opera Renaissance – Summer Edition By Basil Considine | August 27, 2015 On June 21, 1985, the Metropolitan Opera announced that it was ending more than a century of national tours. Not ...

In a tweet shared this April, President Trump said he is “giving strong considerations to placing Illegal Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only.” The tweet came mere hours after both the Department of ...

On Jan. 28, 2019, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter made an announcement at St. Paul’s City Hall that caught many observers by surprise: after months of community resistance, city and county officials have ...

Facing white supremacy: Arts + Culture Editor Caroline Taiwo talks the culture of workplace discrimination on ‘Urban Agenda’ By Caroline Taiwo | September 28, 2017 Whether you work at an office job or ...

The heart of Sergio Choy’s job as a medical interpreter is to capture the spirit of the message between patient and medical provider. “You hear things like, ‘I’m feeling a little blue today,’ in ...

Laopocalypse Now: Fear, poetry, and the end of the world By Bryan Thao Worra (Lao’d and Clear) | October 21, 2014 This Wednesday, October 22nd will be the 170th anniversary of “The End of the World,” ...

Activists have been fighting against the “Hennepin Energy Recovery Center” (HERC) and other garbage incinerators for decades. But in no other U.S. state, except perhaps Florida, does the garbage ...

For the people Just as the decision to begin the journey of establishing a credit union in North Minneapolis began through collective response and community-led decision making, ABEP continues to ...

“We can’t all of a sudden get down on our knees and turn everything over to the leadership of the blacks. I believe in white supremacy until the blacks are educated to the point of responsibility. I ...

Andrea Jenkins, the sole Minneapolis City Council candidate for Ward 8, looks natural behind a podium. On March 14, in a small third-floor conference room in the Sabathani Community Center – at the ...

Hope Community buzzed with activity the night of Dec. 15, as 50 or so people gathered for a Parks and Power event titled “People’s Assembly on Gentrification.” It was a people’s assembly in the truest ...