News & Views of Phillips Since 1976
Saturday April 4th 2026
Brother-in-Law Taken
from the series ICE Encounters…
By ANONYMOUS
I wanted to share my story, to document what is happening with ICE in our community. I am originally from Western Wisconsin, but visited Minneapolis every chance I had, once I got my driver’s license. Growing up gay in a small town, Minneapolis was a place of freedom and community I always dreamed of. I moved to South Minneapolis almost 30 years ago. I lived in several neighborhoods around South and ended up in Phillips because my husband grew up here. My husband was born in Mexico. His mom brought his siblings and him here in the early 1990s, looking for better opportunities. They started the legal process, which is very slow. Their priority date, even though applied for right away when they got here, was almost 15 years later.
My family’s experience with Ice started months before the surge in Minneapolis. In July, 2025, ICE agents surrounded my brother-in-law’s neighborhood in a northern suburb of Minneapolis. They created a checkpoint requiring all people traveling in and out to show ID and they directed all non-white people to pull over and have their vehicles inspected. They detained my BIL and 6 other men that day.… Read the rest “Brother-in-Law Taken”
The Best Films of 2025
from the series Movie Corner…
By HOWARD MCQUITTER II
- Sinners – Director: Ryan Coogler
- One Battle After Another – Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
- Hamnet – Director: Chloe Zhao
- Marty Supreme – Director: Josh Safdie
- *The Dance is Not Over – Director: Mark Wojahn
- *Regretfully at Dawn – Director: Sivaroj Kongsakul
- The Life of Chuck – Director: Mike Flanagan
- Good Boy – Director: Ben Leonberg
- Weapons – Director: Zach Creggar
- Bugonia – Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Suggested Film:
Eddington – Director: Ari Aster
50th Anniversary of Films:
Jaws (1975) Director: Steven Spielberg, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) – Director: Milos Forman
*Appeared in the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival
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Keep citizen journalism alive!
Worst of the Worst?
from the series Raise Your Voice!…
By PETER MOLENAAR
For many residents of the Phillips Neighborhood and surrounding communities, the designation “worst of the worst” is now granted to the masked invaders, who, operating with a quota in mind, were here to dislocate the lives of immigrants… people who have earned our respect, whose children have warmed our hearts for many years!
[However]: for the sake of all the children, we must ask ourselves: were the masked monsters morally deficient upon leaving their mother’s wombs, or had they been dehumanized by their masters?
Lord knows, mace to the face is more than a “whiff of fascism”. Looking ahead, therefore, WE THE PEOPLE are compelled to resist by means of nonviolent demonstrations, general strikes, and presumably the ballot box as well. To which I will add: that whole world is watching!
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