Category: Feature
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George Floyd and America’s Racial Caste System
Building an Antiracist Community By Tim Johnson, Columnist It felt like I had won the lottery. The flight attendant had informed me that my international…
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Minnesota Sen. Pappas leads 24 DFL Legislators to End LGBTQ+ Panic Defense
Senator Sandra Pappas (DFL) has led 24 members of the Senate DFL caucus in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka and Senator Warren Limmer,…
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The Intersectional Feminist of Early 20th Century St. Paul
by David LambIn many of the histories of the period that mention her name, Nellie Francis, the subject of a new exhaustive biography by William…
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Moving the Goalposts on the Riverview Corridor
by Diane Gerth For years, whatever we may think about the rail-based Riverview Corridor, we have been working under some basic understandings. We knew that the…
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Jerry Rothstein, longtime Community Reporter editor, steps into new roles
For more than twelve years, Jerry Rothstein could most often be found somewhere between Cossetta’s and Sibley Plaza along West Seventh Street, a notebook in his pocket,…
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Racism in Medicine
West End Healthline By Jenny Zhang, MD The use of race in medicine has been an area of fierce debate for many years. Supporters of race-based…
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Lunch with a Friend
by Tim Rumsey In October, 2019, I was reading a handbill after enjoying my lunch at Day by Day Café.Lost Family Member: Lorenzo Rossi52 years old7…
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West Seventh branch of BankCherokee set to close
by David LambAfter forty-two years in the neighborhood serving the clients who came and went from its location at 675 Randolph Ave. and building partnerships with…
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158 Years Post-Emancipation, St. Paul Turns to Reparations
by David Lamb “This is where I used to live,” Linda Garrett sometimes tells her grandchildren as they zip down I-94 through St. Paul. But instead of…
