How the 2017 Ward 3 Election in Minneapolis Foreshadows Our Local Political Future
Issues of race and class are dividing the political geography of cities, and one City Council race in Minneapolis illustrates the problem.
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Samatar Crossing Now Open for Engagement
Samatar Crossing is now open, a bike/ped path bridging the Cedar/Riverside and Downtown East neighborhoods together. This alone is a nice step forward to engage with each other’s neighbors. “This is saying to our Somali population, to our new American population, ‘Yes you are part of this city, you matter and we want you here,’” said Minneapolis […]
Podcast #106: Minneapolis Ward 3 with Ginger Jentzen
The podcast this week is a conversation with Ginger Jentzen, who is running for Minneapolis City Council in Ward 3. Jentzen is a community organizer who formerly ran the successful 15 now living wage campaign that raised the minimum wage in Minneapolis this year. Now she’s running for Council as part of the Socialist Alternative […]