While communities everywhere are calling for a changed model of policing, a small unit within the Saint Paul Police Department has been taking a different approach for almost three years. In March of …
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By MARGIE O’LOUGHLIN
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1/14/21
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As a young child, Denise Pike experienced an attempted cross-burning on the front lawn of her family’s home in St. Louis Park. Her own family was multi-racial, and they shared the duplex with a …
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By CHLOE PETERS
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12/9/20
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A new tax increment financing (TIF) district for the Snelling-Midway redevelopment site is moving ahead, with hopes it will spur affordable housing and redevelopment by Allianz Field. On Nov. 3, the …
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By JANE McCLURE
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11/11/20
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Hamline University adjunct criminal justice professor Jason Sole calls himself a survivor of the War on Drugs. He went from being a soldier on the streets to being a scholar, and …
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By MARGIE O’LOUGHLIN
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9/18/20
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About 330 St. Paul businesses sustained $73 million in property damage and $8.8 million in lost inventory and other assets during the civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd. St. …
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By JANE McCLURE
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9/18/20
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By REV. DR. RON BELL,
ronaldbelljr@gmail.com
Dr. Ronald Bell
When morning comes
and the lingering stench of teargas
burning wood and burned rubber fills the air
Will you remember …
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By REV. DR. RON BELL, ronaldbelljr@gmail.com
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9/18/20
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Owner and pharmacist Jim Stage stands in front of the temporary location for Lloyd’s Pharmacy at 694 Snelling. (Photos by Tesha M. Christensen)[/caption]
Six weeks after …
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by Tesha M. Christensen
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8/18/20
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Fire destroyed the Foot Locker at the Midway Center on May 28, 2020. The leases for the stores there have been terminated prior to redevelopment. Some are looking for new …
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By JANE MCCLURE
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8/18/20
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Executive director Laura Zabel stands outside the new headquarters for Springboard for the Arts in Frogtown. A second renovation is in progress, following extensive property …
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By MARGIE O’LOUGHLIN
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8/18/20
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Capturing moments
By Abha Karnick
South Minneapolis writer and photographer, Abha Karnick
They look at the combination, never verbally questioning. But they don’t have to – …
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By Abha Karnick South Minneapolis writer and photographer,
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8/18/20
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Shanene Herbert of Healing Justice St. Paul engages youth through power of words Shanene Herbert at the “Youth Will Rise” March on July 3, 2020 on the University of Minnesota Campus. Over 100 …
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By Margie O’Loughlin
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7/15/20
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Telling his own children about George Floyd’s death was one of hardest things Rev. Ronald Bell ever did Reverend Dr. Ronald Bell Jr. with his wife, Dr. Eboni Bell, and his two sons. Bell encouraged …
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By CHLOE PETER
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7/15/20
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I Am Somebody Maxfield Elementary School Principal Ryan Vernosh had just four days to lead Maxfield into a completely different learning environment. AT RIGHT The poem ‘I Am Somebody’ is said …
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By CHLOE PETER
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7/15/20
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Senior checks, healthy meals, implicit bias trainings and more offered for free; childcare and fitness options available Children enrolled in school-aged childcare at the Midway YMCA enjoy swimming …
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By Margie O’Loughlin
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7/15/20
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Firefighters were still working at the back of the Sports Dome on Friday, May 29. Over 170 businesses were damaged in the Midway following the murder of George Floyd. (Photos by Tesha …
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By JANE McCLURE
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7/15/20
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City’s first step preserves use of TIF for redevelopment By JANE McCLURE Tenants at the Midway Center, damaged by fire and vandalism on May 28, are being forced to move out. Their leases have been …
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By JANE McCLURE
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7/15/20
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Have a little grace
Amy Pass
There was a saying that was repeated so often when I was in graduate school that we all used to groan when our professors would say it. It was a deceptively simple …
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By Amy Pass
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7/15/20
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South Minneapolis writer and photographer, Abha Karnick
I watched his last breath. Millions of people soon would as well.
I can’t breathe.
He was murdered on my block next …
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By Abha Karnick
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7/15/20
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Otis Zanders of Ujaama Place Otis Zanders has had enough. “As the CEO of an organization that serves the most marginalized population in society, African American men, aged 18-30, …
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By Elena Vaughn
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6/25/20
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Ron Johnson was working at Target when he heard Lloyd’s Pharmacy was for sale in 1974.
He headed to the longtime pharmacy at Snelling and Minnehaha to meet Lloyd Jensen, the 25-year …
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By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN
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6/9/20
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