Tag: Columns

  • Racism and A Time for Anger

    Racism and A Time for Anger

    Building a Non-racist Community by Tim JohnsonRetired pastor of Cherokee Park United ChurchEditor’s note: This is the sixth article in Johnson’s series on racism. Comments and…

  • The Arts Live On

    The Arts Live On

    The coronavirus initially hit like something out of a disaster movie. But unfortunately, it has been a crisis that’s all too real. Along the way, films…

  • From the Capitol

    From the Capitol

    Sen. Sandy Pappas, DISTRICT 65 Just days after the legislature adjourned the first session this year, its unfinished business became painfully evident.    On Memorial…

  • The Best We Can Do

    The Best We Can Do

    I appreciate the chance to share my impressions of how life has changed during COVID-19. Of course, it’s a different world, both professionally and personally,…

  • Whole Wide World

    Whole Wide World

    SPPL’s Contactless Pickup Service Connecting Our doors may be temporarily closed, but we’re still offering resources to keep you connected. Staff members are still taking calls…

  • The Spirit of Racism

    The Spirit of Racism

    by Tim Johnson, Retired Pastor of Cherokee Park United Church [Editor’s Note: This is the fifth article in Tim Johnson’s series on racism. Comments and…

  • Movie Review: Marriage Story

    Movie Review: Marriage Story

    There are plenty of films about couples getting together, but what about the ones splitting apart? Noah Baumbach’s significantly raw and affecting drama Marriage Story…

  • Keystone Services Available for Community

    Keystone Services Available for Community

    Keystone continues to operate our food shelf, crisis services, meals on wheels and case management programs that support our most vulnerable residents in St. Paul.  If…

  • The Best in Us

    The Best in Us

    COUNCIL PERSPECTIVES by Rebecca Noecker As I write this column, it is March 18, 2020, and the world has been thrown into a state of…