Feb 24, 2021
Today we turn our attention back to our local Billionaire overlords the Pohlad Companies. We zero in on PAR systems, the Pohlad owned global leader in robotics and artificial intelligence that specializes in eliminating jobs through automation and profits handsomely from war through contracts with the Department...
Feb 15, 2021
Today we are joined by scholar Rebecca Walker to talk about the history of collaboration between the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) and segregationist real estate developers. Rebecca's research sheds light on the white supremacist logic of the urban planners who launched the city park movement in...
Feb 8, 2021
Today we get caught up to speed on perhaps the most impactful redevelopment project of our generation: the 48 acre Upper Harbor Terminal on the North Minneapolis riverfront. We start by celebrating the work of Community Members for Environmental Justice and the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy who forced...
Feb 3, 2021
We are joined by Isabel Chanslor, Danielle Swift and Sarah Nichols of Midway Rise Up and the Frogtown Neighborhood Association to talk about the active struggle for the future of University Ave in St. Paul from Midway to Frogtown. They open by telling us about the efforts of landlords to evict longterm Black...