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One Year After Dobbs: Minnesota Abortion Providers Speak

It’s scarier [now] for patients and for providers — there are targets on our backs, but we’re committed to meeting people’s needs.

  • 05/24/2023
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Farming Needs Addressed in Town Hall and Omnibus Agriculture Bill

“I would like to see a proliferation of farmers markets in Greater Minnesota and regional community markets. The more we can invest in them, the better.”

  • 05/06/2023
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On Morals and Mortality: A Commentary From the Publisher

Our safety net is to work in a system of production within community.

  • 05/01/2023
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Breaking the Cycles that Lead to Violence

“We’re seeing a resurgence of interest in restorative justice, because it resonates, I think, at the core with so many of us.”

  • 04/26/2023
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The Hometown Values & Vision Tour

“Our superpower is getting people with great insights into the same space.”
— publisher Mikki Morrissette

  • 04/26/2023
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What Matters to Us: Editor’s Letter and TOC

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” — Angela Davis

  • 04/26/2023
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Navigating at Home

As I grow older, I find myself less driven by adrenaline, pride, or passion to change the world. I am more energized by the simple gatherings in my own community.

  • 04/26/2023
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Deep Dive: Teaching Multicultural History Passes Into Law — With Similar Opposition from a Few Decades Ago

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

  • 04/26/2023
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Protecting Minnesota Families at the Legislative Level

“Please use this as an example of what happens when we see the pain in our communities and we support them — they show up in really powerful ways.”

  • 03/30/2023
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The Fight for Free Menstrual Products at School

To us, it was unfair that the school provided non-menstruators with the hygiene products they needed (toilet paper, soap, and paper towels) while every month, we were forced to scavenge.

  • 03/30/2023
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Discussion on the Homeless Youth Act (HF444)

Rep. Hodan Hassan encouraged people to visit or volunteer at a shelter to understand the people facing these issues.

  • 02/07/2023
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Commentary: How Can We Thrive When We Can Barely Survive?

Nearly all of us are working, yet most of us seem to be worse off than ever. Why?

  • 01/25/2023