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 …

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 …

Here I am wondering what this column is about knowing that the only way I am going to find out is to start writing. Surprise! If you have read this far you have taken the plunge into the river (flow) …

Moving to a new city can be difficult. It is a process of acclimating, of getting used to a new routine: new buildings, new sights and sounds, new routes. It is unknown but pleasant, like shaking …

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’m Mike and I own Nokomis Tattoo. I’ve lived in Nokomis East since 2013 and have had my shop since 2019. In that time there have experienced and seen a lot of ups and downs. I’ve had the good …

It appears that a tradition is forming: whereby the last week in May (what I call Memorial Day week). I spend that week visiting with Iowa relatives, visiting the burial sites of my brother and my …

This is about Cooper school and the Anishinabe Academy. How can the Minneapolis School Board justify the building of a new school for $108 million when they have some fraud issues that haven’t been …

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). …

I recently learned that the Minneapolis Public Schools Board is voting on June 9 on a proposal that would remove Cooper Park and replace much of the site with a school building that appears to occupy …

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 …