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Minneapolis Residents: It Is Time to Voice Views on Xcel and Centerpoint Agreements

"We encourage members of the public to attend and share their thoughts on the agreements reached and explain why taking this bold action on climate is important to them."

COMMENTARY: How Some Homeowners Are Getting Squeezed on City Land

The marketing might say that your sidewalk will be shoveled and your lawn will be mowed, but it does not tell you that an unlicensed management company or a board appointed by that company will spend your money without oversight.

How I Am Growing My Own Solidarity Economy

The end of capitalist systems is not a story of good overthrowing bad, but rather a pluralistic tale of nurturing alternative economies to make the current ones obsolete.

ANEW’s Recovery Clinic: Can-Do Spirit

“All human beings are stronger together,” says Arradondo-Russell, who oversees day-to-day operations. “The opposite of addiction is connection.”

Publishers Commentary: Stepping into 2025 With Open Eyes and (Wounded) Open Hearts

In reality, we need each other. We need generosity of spirit and mind. We need tolerance and acceptance of people who are not simply versions of us. We need a balance of people — who are equals — to care for us in nursing homes and hospitals, teach our children in schools, feed us at restaurants with food that comes from the collective.

Joyce Tofte: The Needs and Hopes in Southwest Minnesota

"I live with the hope that my ancestors have given me, so I have radical hope. Seeing rooms like this, with people hailing from all over the state of Minnesota, gives me hope that change can happen in my community."

Commentary: How Women Are Seeing the Big View in Grand Rapids

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Developing a Public Voice for a Better World

Learning Hmong, Thai, and English enabled me to better articulate my thoughts and explain the many colors of my identity. This was major progress toward my dream to become a bridge builder in a world full of segregation.

A Bar of Their Own

Hiscock grins when asked what prepared her to run a socially progressive bar: “I’m a woman accustomed to being underestimated and overlooked."
a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency assessment of gas emission sources, prepared for legislators, detailing 2005-2018 data

Deep Dive: The Hopes and Insights of a Long-Time Climate Change Policy Advocate

"We have to stop depending on the infrastructure that our parents and grandparents built and start acting like Americans who can build things. Once we have a really great grid co-location with solar and wind, it is going to be less important in terms of where we live."

Legacy Story: Farm Women Show Their Strengths as Crisis in Agriculture Deepens (1986)

Another strength women bring to the farm crisis is their ability to grieve.

Farming Resilience

Farmer-led organizations, such as the National Farmers Union within the World Farmers Organization, have pushed to have our perspectives heard and included in these discussions about climate crisis solutions.