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SERIES: How Ramsey County Addresses Public Safety

12/03/2023

Ramsey County has consistently been able to solve homicides — at a rate of above 90 percent — because there's trust with the system and in communities, which is a big part of criminal justice.

Changemaker: Outspoken PFAS critic Amara Strande, who died from cancer in 2023

11/30/2023

Originally published May 3, 2023 The photos displayed…

2023 Changemaker: Mercedes Yarbrough: Re-Envisioning Education One Comic at a Time

11/29/2023

The goal, she says, is to “empower kids of color to see their history through a positive lens.”

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Changemakers Alliance: Re-imagining Public Safety

06/27/2023

"We don't ask enough hard questions about the billions of dollars we put into the retributive system. My restorative justice budget is under $100,000. You know what would work a lot better? If we funded it.”

Next Step Program: How Healing and Transformation Can Emerge From Violence

06/27/2023

An elementary school child looked out the window and saw…

SERIES: Reducing Gender-Based Violence

06/25/2023

Our ongoing conversations related to gender-based violence

Images from the Chisholm Juneteenth Celebration

06/19/2023

Getting to know ourselves better. A glimpse of Minnesota communities: Juneteenth in Chisholm, and North Minneapolis.

Global Rights for Women Announces a Report on Minneapolis Police Response to Domestic Violence

06/15/2023

"In reality, we focus more on robbers, drug dealers, and gangsters, when in fact ... these are the same people committing domestic violence. Maybe our focus should be on abusers, and it would have a trickle-down effect to other violent crimes."

The Legacy of George Floyd: Images from the Third Anniversary Memorial, and Action Steps in Brooklyn Center

05/30/2023

Images and conversation that are building authentic unity

What Can Feminists Make of the Eugenicist History of Abortion?

05/24/2023

How free is the choice to have an abortion when disability is imagined to mean the end of potential?

Small-Scale Homesteading

05/24/2023

Excerpted from Small-Scale Homesteading: A Sustainable Guide…

CALL series: Talking About Juvenile Justice Reform

05/24/2023

On Tuesday we listened at a forum that featured a deep…

SERIES: Hometown Values & Vision

05/14/2023

Our visits to Minnesota communities to learn more about challenges from the people seeking and co-creating solutions

Major Public Safety and Gun Legislation Bills Signed Into Law (and Some of the Debates Against Them)

05/12/2023

"Red flag" gun legislation will restrict access to people who are in danger of using guns to cause harm, including in domestic violence issues. Opposition voices included here...

(Most of) Minnesota House Says Yes to Equal Rights Amendment Resolution

05/11/2023

Who said yes to equal rights for women?

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