A stunning new report has good and bad news for  Minnesota nith to 11th grade students who want to challenge themselves and potentially save thousands of dollars in college/university costs. The …

The conversation started in late January, at a kitchen table with two friends in the disability community. We looked at each other and asked: Why are there so many of us at the front line? …

I’m the aunt of a kindergartener at Annunciation. When I first heard the news last August and knew she survived, I felt in one moment the strongest relief I have ever felt, and at the same time, …

As both a South Minneapolis resident and Annunciation parent, I remain deeply affected by the massacre at Annunciation Catholic Church and School on Aug. 27. Since August, I have been confronted with …

As a grandparent living in Minneapolis, I am still traumatized by the tragedy at Annunciation Catholic Church and School and the other gun violence tragedies that have occurred in our state, I am now …

On Aug. 27, my two children hid under pews inside Annunciation Catholic Church as bullets tore through the air inches away. No child should ever have to wonder if they will be next. Two children were …

We are a group of 50 elders who live at Nokomis Square Cooperative on 35th Avenue South. We have lived through the culture-changing 1960s and 70s. We have protested foreign wars. We have fought for …

I’m sitting in front of my computer’s equivalent of a blank page with a deadline approaching. What to do with this blank page. It appears I am going to do something. I have already written 59 …

Think about the last time local news mattered to you. Maybe you’re a parent who found out about a school board action. Maybe you own a small business, and a local story brought customers through …

The first column I wrote for the Messenger in 2023 was about universal health care. While that hasn't happened yet, Minneapolis does offer some free mental health services. If you or someone you know …

This column is leading with me fondly remembering Adam Schindler, a favorite acupuncturist of mine when he was practicing at Everspring Health in Uptown. At that time, he knew I was starting to write …

The first casualty of war is truth. Unless truthtellers are on the ground. Minneapolis has an army of them. And they've been relentless. Over the past several months, residents across the city …

“ICE Out” is a good slogan and there’s no reason to back off just because the monster is getting a face lift. (Adios, Bovino.) But it’s time to elevate another slogan: “We want in.” …

My friend, P, and I had seen the social media videos of Singing Resistance for several days. Dozens, then eventually hundreds, of people walking through the streets of Minneapolis singing short, …

I am among other things at heart a Minneapolis street person. I have just learned that the boss, Bruce Springsteen, has written a song called “The Streets of Minneapolis.” The theme of this …

Frustrated about about the affect that self-described independent journalist Nick Shirley's 43-minute YouTube video alleging widespread fraud at Minneapolis daycares had in the Twin Cities? What he …

As far as I can tell the writing of this column started the last Friday of December. I was approaching the front door of Turtle Bread intent on participating in Elder Voices (Telling Our …

As I’ve tried to describe what’s happening in the Twin Cities to those I know outside the city, I struggle to find words. I’ll echo what others have told me. It’s a war-zone. We see and smell …

Upon hearing the news on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, of a federal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agent shooting yet another person on a Minneapolis street, hundreds of residents immediately went …

When federal immigration operations began sweeping across Los Angeles in June, our newsroom worked around the clock. I didn’t have to tell them to. No one wanted to stop. One reporter’s …