In late 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change gave the world a stark warning. The warning was that the world MUST take unprecedented aggressive action to fight climate change to have …
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by Thomas Lucy
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4/14/21
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Z Akhmetova
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4/14/21
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Schools and prisons should never be in the same sentence; however, the school-to-prison pipeline is real. For far too many students of color, entering the gateway to incarceration begins with a …
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By Dr. ARtika Tyner,
dr.artikatyner@gmail.com
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3/10/21
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3/10/21
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On Feb. 25, 2021, the Midway Chamber of Commerce held its annual celebration. In a typical year, this would mean dressing up and having a plated dinner in person with 300 attendees on a Saturday …
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By CHAD KULAS,
Midway Chamber of Commerce Executive Director
chad@midwaychamber.com
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3/10/21
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If you haven’t had your catalytic converter stolen this year, chances are you know someone who has. The catalytic converter is a device located in the exhaust system underneath an automobile …
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By Abu Nayeem
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3/10/21
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In an effort to get further outside the confines of my limited perspective as a white woman in South Minneapolis, I started following the Facebook pages of a number of Indigenous tribes in Minnesota …
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By Amy Pass
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3/10/21
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It’s just another day in quarantine. The Minnesota winter feels extra cold as negative temperatures discourage walks and breaks away from laptops, people, and small spaces. She thought this was …
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By Abha Karnick
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3/10/21
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Newspapers are dying.Thousands of newspapers have closed.No one reads the newspapers anymore.Only old people read newspapers.Newspaper ad effectiveness is uncertain.Newspaper ads underperform digital …
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By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN,
Owner & Editor
Tesha@MonitorSaintPaul.com
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2/11/21
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History has shown us ordinary people can have an extraordinary impact on their community and society at large. This begins with a call to leadership. Leadership is an opportunity to leverage your …
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By Dr. Artika Tyner,
dr.artikatyner@gmail.com
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2/11/21
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To the Editor:I lived in the Midway from 1978-1990, and I’ve continued picking up the Monitor regularly since moving to St. Anthony Park, so I’ve been reading the paper for a long time. …
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2/11/21
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To the Editor: Citizens of St. Paul - we have an opportunity before us to drastically cut our carbon emissions. We have an opportunity to control how we get our power and how we use our energy. We …
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2/11/21
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To the Editor: Thanks for sharing these articles (Monitor, January 2021, pages 7-11); it’s great to see positivity highlighted in our neighborhoods! As one of the initial members of the …
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2/11/21
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We let insurrectionists walk away, yet arrest Line 3 peaceful protesters To the Editor: We all watched in horror this week as insurrectionists stormed the nation’s Capitol. Many of us …
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1/14/21
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For longtime Midway residents, you may notice every spring you receive a copy of the Midway Chamber directory with one of the regular issues of the Monitor. The directory lists all Midway Chamber …
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By CHAD KULAS,
Midway Chamber of Commerce Executive Director
chad@midwaychamber.com
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1/14/21
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Tensions rose as people stared at the TV screen, at each other. As eyes met, the questions began, and so did the ridicule. Comments spread like wildfire, catching everyone’s ears as they tore …
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By Abha Karnick
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1/14/21
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Happy New Year! My heart is with you as we all continue to make it work in the pandemic. I’m looking to 2021 with determination to recover and rebuild. COVID has demonstrated even more clearly …
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By Mitra Jalali
ward4@ci.stpaul.mn.us
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1/14/21
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How many of you readers have a favorite Midway Stadium memory? Some of you, I’m sure, go all the way back to the old Midway Stadium built in 1956 on a gravel pit east of Snelling. Share your …
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By Andy Dawkins
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12/9/20
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2020 might become known as the year of the pivot.In the newspaper business, we’ve been zig-zagging for years now, since the Internet changed the business we knew. In some ways, that prepared us …
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By TESHA M. CHRISTENSEN,
Owner & Editor
Tesha@LongfellowNokomisMessenger.com
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12/9/20
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