Tag: Columns

  • Policing, Racism and the Problem of Escalation

    Policing, Racism and the Problem of Escalation

    Building an Antiracist Community By Tim Johnson I would like to say my wife and I never argue or get angry with each other.   That,…

  • Keystone West 7th  Community Center

    Keystone West 7th Community Center

    West 7th Community Center265 Oneida, St. Paul 651-298-5493 keystoneservices.org Oneida Scholarship Applications for Keystone’s Oneida Scholarship are now open! Scholarships are available to adult learners, age 18+, who…

  • WHOLE WIDE WORLD    West 7th Public Library

    WHOLE WIDE WORLD West 7th Public Library

    A Letter to the patrons of the West 7th Library from Cate Sering – Branch Manager  This will be my last time contributing to the Community…

  • Lumberjanes

    Lumberjanes

    BEA’S BOOKSLumberjanes (5 out of 5 stars)  Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Brooke Allen, Grace Ellis, Kat Leyh and Faith Erin Hicks is a series…

  • A Greener St. Paul

    A Greener St. Paul

    Council PerspectivesSt. Paul City Council Member Rebecca Noeckercolumnist When you think of city government, what comes to mind? For most of us, it’s mundane acts of…

  • George Floyd and America’s Racial Caste System

    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…

  • Federation Update

    Federation Update

    FEDERATION UPDATE fortroadfederation.org  Please Attend our Annual Meeting Tuesday, April 20, 6:30-8:30pm, via Zoom. Meeting will feature guest speaker, Sean Kershaw: West 7th neighbor, co-host of Grand Oak…

  • Little Women of Color: Confronting STEM’s Diversity Problem

    Little Women of Color: Confronting STEM’s Diversity Problem

    West End Healthline By Jené Carter, MDWhen I began residing in the U.S. permanently sixteen years ago, I was unpleasantly surprised to discover the disproportionately…

  • Echo

    Echo

    BEA’S BOOKS(5 out of 5 stars)  BEATRICE COSGROVE, reviewerEcho by Pam Muñoz Ryan starts off with a story about a boy named Otto playing hide-and-seek…