The press isn’t being compensated for the use of our information by tech companies. They are taking it without permission and without paying a cent. Case in point: I did a search in Grok just to …

I consider myself politically moderate. Merriam-Webster defines this as holding “political or social beliefs that are not extreme.” I vote with one of the two major American political parties so …

On a wall in my bedroom at my house there is a white board. On the white board next to the words Stories and Journeys are the words "communication, connection, community." I’m going to start out …

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarity is stepping down. Former federal prosecutor Anders Folk and State Representative Cedrick Frazier are campaigning to replace her. Both are Democrats. …

For more than two decades, newspapers have faced enormous pressure from digital platforms, with early challenges from Craigslist, Facebook and others. At the same time, Google, Yahoo and other search …

In a largely secretive process that excluded the opinions of much of the community, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has nominated interim police chief Bill Peterson to become the next MPD chief. …

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 …