Equity

Minnesota Women Labor Journalists Uplifted Working People for Decades

11/29/2023

I’m still learning about the writers I’ve mentioned here, many of whom are left out of the usual lists of pioneering journalists and women.

Restoring (Some of) Turtle Island

09/27/2023

According to the TRUTH Project research, the U.S. government paid the Dakota two cents per acre in 1851. Circle News reported the land was then sold for 251 times that amount.

Developing the Ethnic Studies Curriculum

09/27/2023

Studies show that when students participate in ethnic studies, they are more engaged when their curriculum reflects diverse — not monolithic — backgrounds.

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Supporting Underserved Students

04/26/2023

She saw what was possible for me long before I did.

Deep Dive: Teaching Multicultural History Passes Into Law — With Similar Opposition from a Few Decades Ago

04/26/2023

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Deep reporting of the wide perspectives of Minnesota legislators in discussing the ethnic studies bill proposed for an impending vote.

2023 Legislative Priorities (Part 2)

03/30/2023

As of March 29, 2023, in a week when omnibus bills are being fine-tuned for final steps in the legislative process this session.

Reimagining “Self-Advocacy” as a Disabled Woman

03/30/2023

Asking for help was the hardest and most cathartic self-advocacy I have ever accomplished.

Emotional Press Conference With House Legislators About Public Safety

02/21/2023

Rep. Athena Hollins takes questions about HF16, a bill that…

Let the Black Women Say Asé

01/25/2023

We would tell stories about our origins, and what we have endured, on our own terms, without whiteness determining how we should tell those stories.

Coding a Better World

12/29/2022

Cassi Johnson & Sharon Kennedy Vickers

Building a Bigger Bench

12/29/2022

Patricia Torres Ray & Joan Blakey

Fresh, Diverse Voices Join the Minnesota Legislature

12/28/2022

When the 2023 legislative session opened January 3, there were fresh voices in both the House and the Senate, thanks largely to urban voters. Here are some of them, who we talked to last fall during their campaigns.

Nikole Hannah-Jones: Speaking Frankly About Progress, Hope, and the Present

12/07/2022

“The United States has come a long way from the past. This … has compelled generation after generation to overlook the present.” — from an essay in "The 1619 Project"

2023: A Good Year for Action

11/29/2022

“We have never been represented by somebody like me, with this voice, with the communities that I am bringing in."

2022 Changemaker Kimberly Pilgrim: Champion for Resilience

11/29/2022

She witnessed the power of standing up, facing fear, and finding one’s agency — a power she has guided other women to unearth within themselves over the past 25 years.

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