Chili George had heard the rumors for nearly a week: The Rodeway Inn, where she lived with her two teenage daughters, was being sold to its neighbor, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. She and her girls had moved into the motel only a month earlier, after a stint at a downtown Minneapolis shelter where the harsh chemicals used for cleaning had aggravated her asthma. On this day in late March, they were still awaiting word on their application for permanent housing, which they'd submitted to the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority the previous month. Now, worried that she might be evicted at any moment, George and a few fellow residents marched across Third Avenue to the Institute of Arts and demanded to know... More >>>