
Minnesota’s History of Co-ops
Today Minnesota is home to a network of 45 co-ops, working with more than 200 organic farms.

Talking About Healthy Ecosystems
I really hope we realize that we cannot wait for some catastrophic event to respond.

Local Dough: A Values-Based Investment Club
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We believe any investment in Wall Street relies on the extraction of fossil fuels, human costs, and destabilizing the planet

Nina Rothchild: A Lifetime Seeking Equity
Nina Rothchild, feminist who worked for pay equity starting in the 1970s, died October 12 in St. Paul at age 91. Here is the full essay she wrote recently for our "35 Years of Minnesota Women" book.

Maximum Capacity
“We are almost in a panic mode right now."

Funding Needs for Gender-Based Violence
According to a National Alliance to End Sexual Violence…

Survey Results: How Would You Fund Public Safety?
We asked our readers to complete a survey on public safety. Here is what some of you told us.

“The Holly”: A Story of Gang Violence and Solutions (part 1)
"For many elders, watching Black neighborhoods go to war with one another was devastating. Some saw it as a grotesque outgrowth of generations of trauma, this time fueled by tribalism, PTSD, and self-hatred."

MWP Conversation: Community Vitality, June 17
In the first conversation of our summer series, Minnesota Women's…

Powered by the Wind
Minnesota ranks seventh in the country for wind energy generation, which in 2020 accounted for 22 percent of the state’s total energy generation.

Storying the Mississippi
Ramona Kitto Stately is one of the women celebrated in the Women…

Emerging from a Pandemic Economy
"This past year, [small businesses] all lost so much, how can we justify Amazon coming out so far ahead?”


For 2025 coverage, Minnesota Women’s Press earned a community leadership award, three photography awards, and four editorial awards, including for coverage of social issues and for our Spring 2025 “Know Your Rights” special section supported by Unidos MN. Our publisher was named Journalist of the Year by Violence Free Minnesota for gender-based violence coverage.