In 1990 Ed Felien started the newspaper Southside Pride to protest the First Gulf War. Southside Pride has always been an anti-war paper. So it seemed like an anti-war article was what I should write ...

Starbucks workers are on an open-ended strike. I continue to stand in solidarity with Starbucks Workers United. I call on the Starbucks corporation to stop union busting and meet the demands of ...

What happened with the November elections? Everywhere there was a Blue Wave, a rejection of Trump and his policies. In New York City, an African immigrant, a Muslim, a Democratic Socialist, won the ...

“Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” at the Children’s Theatre Company has something for everyone. The story is narrated by Max, the Grinch’s long-suffering dog. The performance of Max is so ...

A fairly new restaurant, Brim in Uptown, is one I have not tried yet but it sounds like my kind of place. They recently opened a second location in Edina, in the former Red Pepper Chinese location, ...

Living in tents is very difficult in winter. One of the most painful things: when you wake up from sleep and rainwater fills your tent and soaks you while you can’t do anything. This is our painful ...

Memory of even recent history is being lost. To review early warnings: Thirty years ago, Boris Yeltsin argued vehemently against expanding NATO to include Ukraine ...

We are going to stop publishing Southside Pride with this edition. I’m 87. And, lately, I think a lot about the hereafter. I go into a room and I wonder, “What did I come in here after?” Like with ...

Omar Fateh faced more media scrutiny than any Minneapolis mayoral candidate in recent memory. Had he not been both a socialist and Somali, it’s likely he wouldn’t have critics lining up on both sides ...

I recently took my four year old son to see Roald Dahl’s The Enormous Crocodile The Musical at Children’s Theatre Company This was his first experience with live musical theater. As a former theater ...

In his book “The Land Knows the Way—Eco-Social Insights for Liberation,” well-known artist/activist Ricardo Levins Morales offers a unique perspective on activism and politics as he finds parallels ...

The East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) gives away locally-grown, organic vegetables and herbs to neighborhood residents. The Farm Team sets up a folding table in Cedar Field Park across from ...