Category: Feature

  • Combatting the housing crisis from all angles

    Combatting the housing crisis from all angles

    County PerspectivesCombatting the housing crisis from all angles In the Ramsey County government, we have been addressing the housing crisis for decades. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic…

  • Inside Freedom House West 7th’s Daytime Homeless Shelter

    Inside Freedom House West 7th’s Daytime Homeless Shelter

    Listening House, a nonprofit based in St. Paul that provides hospitality and resources to homeless people during the day, a time when most shelters shut their…

  • Defunding History

    Defunding History

    Building an Antiracist Community Defunding HistoryThe life of Emily Goodridge Grey and the many other women who had an outsized influence in Minnesota and its communities are…

  • Public Schools for the Future

    Public Schools for the Future

    Congrats to St. Paul Public Schools’ class of 2033. The class of 2033 just finished what was for many their first year of school and did…

  • Home Sweet Home

    Home Sweet Home

    By himanshu sharma, MDAs a family physician who specializes in geriatrics, one of the most valuable services that I offer is the home visit. This provides…

  • The Origins and Sustenance of Community Reporter

    The Origins and Sustenance of Community Reporter

    Editor’s note: In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Community Reporter, this issue continues our series of articles exploring the newspaper’s history. See also: Paul…

  • Looking Back

    Looking Back

    50 years of hyperlocal reporting Editor’s note: In this issue and the next, we are featuring a series of articles exploring the newspaper’s history. See also:…

  • A Time of Restoration

    A Time of Restoration

    council perspectivesby St. Paul City Council Member Chris Tolbert Ward 3columnist Happy June, St. Paulites! I hope that everyone has had an opportunity to get out…

  • Sacred Ground

    Sacred Ground

    Building an Antiracist Community By Tim Johnson columnist It was a short bike ride down the country road from our family farm to the cemetery.  My great…