Bridging America’s Divides Requires a Willingness to Work Together Without Becoming Friends First

  Making friends isn’t necessary for solving America’s divisions This article is republished from the Conversation, read the original article here. Amid two crises – … Read More

A Wrinkle in Time and Space

Image from the promotional materials for the film A Wrinkle in Time. CC-BY-NC-ND. Friday, August 28, 2020 was a day filled with detours from my planned activities. It started with a rabbit hole trip through … Read More

Where Were You on May 25, 2020?

The reconstructed I-35 bridge. Photo by Bradford Everett via Flickr. Recently my 84 year-old father told me that he has vivid memories of hearing the news of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, even though … Read More

All Roads Lead to 38th and Chicago

Author through the lens of a bike mirror photographing BLM street art in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis. The Wonderful/Wretched Memories of Racial Dynamics in the Twin Cities, Minnesota special feature publishes stories of … Read More

Learning the Scales of Music and Diversity in My Minneapolis

Photo of the author (left) with his mother, Nirmala Rajasekar (second from left), his Uncle Gary (second from right, producer of Sounds of Blackness), and Muruga Boopathi (right) by ReyMash Photography, October 2018. The … Read More

Gesturing Towards Tenuous Inclusion

A ski trail on frozen Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in winter. Photo via Wikimedia. Photo via Wikimedia. A gust of frigid winter air swirled onto my face … Read More

Luna Lovers

The author lived in an apartment in this house in the Minneapolis Powderhorn neighborhood from 2014-2016. The sound and harmony that pulsates heavily in my heart and reminds me of my three years of life … Read More

Owners and Election Day: A Chance to do the Right Thing

Photo of championship banners in Miami Heat Stadium, via Wikipedia. On June 19th (Juneteenth), according to the Miami Herald, in a two-minute video, the Miami Heat owner Micky Arison announced … Read More

Mass Movements; Moral Moments

The atrium of the Minneapolis Central Library, designed by architect César Pelli, completed in 2006. Photo from the GPA Photo Archive via Flickr. When I learned this May of George Floyd’s murder by a … Read More

Everybody’s Going Uptown

Photo of the Minneapolis skyline, taken by the author. Upon arriving in Minneapolis, my friends put me on to the sounds of the beloved musician, Prince. I had heard his music growing up but put … Read More