Category New Hughes
The 2017 Municipal Election in Minneapolis, MN has been a major focus of New Hughes – Old Shoes since Donald Drumpf took the Presidency. Nine months on, the decision to emphasize the response of the local communities that live, work,… Continue Reading →
In a time like now the value of training is underscored. This is why we learned to breathe. This is how we learned to walk. This is when we will learn to stand. Marques assures us that “we are the… Continue Reading →
The title is a play on Anti-Fascist. A more personal Anti-Fake. The flip-side of Brixton Hughes is Fake News because I’m not making fun, laughing it all off, or delaying serious truths with nonsense and reminiscing. To be truly surprised… Continue Reading →
I am a transparent shadow. An invented digital reality. A wave of energy from where my assumed humanity interweaves the soil of this planet as I breathe upward into the sky. Brixton Hughes is an artifact. He should be under… Continue Reading →
The Minneapolis DFL – Democrat, Farm and Labor; Minnesota’s version of the Democrats – Party convention will convene on July 8, 2017. I’m still a bit bemused that I will attend as an alternate delegate. My career as a TV… Continue Reading →
The Forum on Climate Resilience and Energy Access on June 29, 2017 included 11 candidates for Minneapolis Mayor. Hosted and organized by Community Power and MN350. It was an informative and civil 3 hour + discussion about important issues that… Continue Reading →
At the weekend barbeque my friend asked with unfeigned surprise, “why the Park Board?” He was referring to my social media posts, videos, much of the writing on New Hughes – Old Shoes, and my expressed desire to repeal and… Continue Reading →
I never knew Philando Castile, or Jamar Clark, or Marcus Golden, Terrance Franklin, or any of their tragic cohort. Had they not been slaughtered by police on the streets of their city in their home towns, I very likely would… Continue Reading →
The first and likely only Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board (MPRB) candidate forum was held at MLK Park on June 1, 2017. Organized by Take Action MN, it was an informative, lively, and challenging interactive Town Hall with 4 issue-oriented… Continue Reading →
Astute readers of New Hughes – Old Shoes understand that we have been focused on the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board (MPRB) and the controversies sparked by the current cohort of Commissioners with regard to outsourcing union jobs, poor record… Continue Reading →