Christ Church Lutheran Preschool kids—with a little help from their families, the church’s youth group and a Red Cross volunteer’s book club—gathered 1,135 pounds of food for local food shelves. The church sponsors a food drive each spring. We celebrate caring kids and their “helpers.”

We’re not ready to pass universal health, says legislator

by DENNIS GEISINGER

“Timing-wise and politically-wise, we just weren’t ready to pass universal health care in Minnesota,” said State Rep. Ken Tschumper (DFL-La Crescent). “We think the level of public acceptance for a single-payer system needs to be worked on,” Tschumper said.

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MN State Senator Sandy Rummel “Safer Baby Products” bill passed, and now needs the governor’s signature to become law.

BPA ban squashed in “Baby Products” legislation

by DENNIS GEISINGER

“Yes,” confirmed State Sen. Sandy Rummel to Southside Pride on May 7, “the provision banning BPA (Bisphenol A) from children’s products was removed from the “Safer Baby Products Bill.”


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NRP is a “work in progress”

by DENNIS GEISINGER

The future of the NRP (Neighborhood Revitalization Program), which gives dollars and help with redevelopment programs to Minneapolis’ inner city, is still very much a work in progress, according to City Council members representing a large chunk of Southside neighborhoods.

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Letters to the Editor

Pharmaceutical industry spokesperson responds
Thank you for telling your readers about the Partnership for Prescription Assistance. Unfortunately the [article by Joel Albers on page 8] “Be Dubious About Drug Companies That Hire Celebrities to Promote ‘Discounts,’” mixes quite a bit of fiction with insufficient facts.

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Midtown Eco Energy responds to criticism

by By Kim Havey

The Midtown Eco Energy project will make neighborhood renewable energy a reality in East Phillips. The project provides a unique opportunity to harness innovation and create a local, balanced solution for global climate change.

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Playwright hears the unspoken

by ELAINE KLAASSEN

“Witnessing to a Murder,” a play by Elizabeth O’ Sullivan, is part of the upcoming Spirit in the House theater festival at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church.

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Rigged health care commissions circumvent democracy–again

by JOEL ALBERS

Proposed solutions to the health care crisis have reached a crossroads, with essentially two paths that Minnesota and the U.S. can follow. One path views health care as a market commodity, in which health care is for sale. Patients are also consumers who must shop around, compare prices and quality of care, and buy insurance. That is if you can afford it. If you cannot, you are uninsured. And therein lies the crisis.

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No need to complicate—
Organic gardening means letting nature do most of the work

by Sharon Parker

Let me tell you about my first garden: I had moved into an apartment on Marshall Avenue in St. Paul some 30 years ago and was determined to grow tomatoes, just as my father did. So I picked a sunny spot in the back, took a breath, and thrust my shovel at the ground, only to have it bounce back up and nearly hit me in the teeth.

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Charge George W. Bush with Murder in the third degree, conspiracy to raise oil prices and conspiracy to distribute drugs in Hennepin County

Update on the attempt to arrest George W. Bush:

On April 30, 2008, Ed Felien filed a Writ of Mandamus with the 4th District
Court. A hearing will be held, probably in one or two weeks, by a judge of
the court to determine the worthiness of the Writ. If the judge determines
the Writ is worthy and the County Attorney has jurisdiction in this matter,
then the judge will order the County Attorney to bring charges against
George W. Bush before a Grand Jury to obtain an indictment.

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Midtown Greenway a success story

by DENNIS GEISINGER

Have you walked across the Midtown Greenway during rush hour lately? If you haven’t, here’s some advice: Look both ways.

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Pariah Diplomacy

by JIMMY CARTER

A counterproductive Washington policy in recent years has been to boycott and punish political factions or governments that refuse to accept United States mandates. This policy makes difficult the possibility that such leaders might moderate their policies.

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Stop subsidizing Big Oil

by JIM HIGHTOWER

In 2006, the CEO of Exxon Mobil exclaimed that, gosh, his corporation was rolling in so much profit that he simply didn’t know how to spend it all. Well, one place worthy of major investment would have been R & D on alternative fuels to help America break its dependency on ever-moreexpensive and ever-more polluting oil.

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Plastics ban legislation would protect children

Midtown Greenway a success story

Powderhorn crime watch

Poisoning the poor: the truth about Midtown biomass

What's Happening: Community Calendar

What's Happening: Religious Calendar

Playwright hears the unspoken

Powderhorn Lake fish tragedy leads to distress,
& concerns about public accountability

Powderhorn Birdwatch: New birds, a new season & loss

The Queen of Cuisine

Re-Use-It Guide

Charge George W. Bush with Murder in the third degree, conspiracy to raise oil prices and conspiracy to distribute drugs in Hennepin County

Peace Island

No need to complicate—
Organic gardening means letting nature do most of the work

Rigged health care commissions circumvent democracy–again

Be dubious about drug companies that hire celebrities to promote “discounts”

Pariah Diplomacy

Critical Mass defendant found not guilty

Stop subsidizing Big Oil

The Heathen Science Monitor

When the natural is divine and the divine is natural

Critical Mass defendent found not guilty

Yes, we have an “Exit Strategy”

Children in area to be tested for arsenic

Letters to the Editor

Tasers: cruel & unusual tactics?

Community Calendar Riverside Edition

Religious Calendar Riverside Edition

The Family Tool Box - The blueprint

Where have all the prophets gone?

On the exodus of 9 a.m. Sunday gym
Mass community from St. Stephen’s parish

Spiritual writers needed

Poisoning the poor -the truth about Midtown biomass

Queen of Cuisine: Riverside

Re-Use-It Guide: Riverside

The fight to meet the NRP funding deadline

Earth Day wishes and sustainable dreams

Welcome to the Suburbs

Privatizing petroleum in Mexico

Hennepin County libraries receive large grant to overcome language barriers on computers

Executive thievery wrecks people's lives

Riverside Classifieds

Metro Transit celebrates Earth Day