‘Cover Stories’ Archives
“Power is Ever Stealing From the Many to the Few!”
Following is a segment of Chapter 12 of a book entitled: Wendell Phillips, Social Justice, and the Power of the Past Edited by A. J. Aiséirthe and Donald Yacovone, Louisiana State University Press, 2016 This book is the 20th book of the Series: ANTISLAVERY, ABOLITION, AND THE ATLANTIC WORLD, R. J. M. Blackett and James Brewer Stewart, Series Editors Figure 12.3. The “Spirit of Phillips”: Power is ever stealing from the many to the few. The Alley Newspaper, April 1989. EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER 12: “The Phillips Community of Minneapolis: Historical Memory and the Quest for Social Justice”: Pages 339-344 By David Moore, Harvey M. Winje, and Susan Gust in consultation with James Brewer Stewart For close to two decades, from 1987 through 2005, our community followed this Wendell Phillips exhortation when uniting in unprecedented solidarity to address the mounting [...]
Seeking Answers & Justice
Minneapolis sued by East Phillips. Minneapolis Threatens to “unappoint” City Commissions.  By BRAD PASS, KAREN CLARK, and the Urban Farm Supporters Followers of the alley newspaper are aware of the long struggle between the East Phillips Community and the City of Minneapolis over the use of the 7.6-Acre Roof Depot site. For Non-Followers, A Review: In 2014 when EPIC, the East Phillips Improvement Coalition, learned the Roof Depot site was going to be sold, they brought the community together and with the help of a sizable State of Minnesota DEED grant, created the East Phillips Indoor Urban Farm project and the East Philips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) a 501(C)(3) to oversee it. The project”™s purpose is to prevent more pollution from traumatizing this already heavily polluted and health affected part of the City by repurposing the 7.6-Acre site and reusing the newly renovated 230,000+ sq. ft. Sears warehouse on the [...]
Start a Learning Pod
By CARZ NELSON The approaching school year will be different from every past school year because of COVID-19. School will most certainly involve lots of distance learning. Distance learning is challenging. It requires levels of self-discipline and focus that are hard for children to maintain. Kids can learn better when distance learning is reinforced with some in-person tutoring. Most parents don”™t have much time to tutor their children, however. One solution is to start a learning pod, a small cluster of families who pool resources to help their kids with school. Parents and other family members share the tasks of teaching the children. Each adult can take a day or two a week, or perhaps take on a special project or subject. Pod members can decide on the structure that best suits the needs of the group. To decide who to invite to join your learning pod, think about the people that you and your children spend time with already. Most of us have a social [...]
