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BOOK: An Ojibwe Home in the City 

“What if the home was always the place that Native women were organizing?” Suarez asks. 

BOOK & ARTS: My “Sea of Grass” Tour at Mia

As the book, "Sea of Grass," leaves readers with a new consciousness of today’s environmental struggles, the tour inspired by the book at the Mia is a reminder that anxiety about our earth’s future is nothing new.

Commentary: Understanding Xenophobia’s Durability 

While the question of 'who gets to stay?' is centered in immigration discussions today, it’s not a new one. Rather, it’s a consideration that has always been part of this country’s history — a fundamental hurdle in deciding how the United States as a nation would be built. 

Book & Art: Imagery and Reflections From Germany’s Transformation Under Hitler

This is the first of several “Books & Arts” compilations we can offer, thanks to underwriting from the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Travel through the exhibition about German art during the time of Hitler's rise and fall — accompanied by parts of a related book, "In the Garden of Beasts."

Attacks on 1916 Immigrant Miner Families in Northern Minnesota

During the height of Operation Metro Surge, my Filipino husband…

Commentary: The Values of Anger and Unity in the Face of Misogyny and Xenophobia

From a 2022 "Ms." magazine article: “The connection between sexism and authoritarianism is not coincidental, or a mere character flaw of individual misogynists-in-chief.”

On Amazon Women and Sinister Wisdom

“It was a place where women knew they could come and be very welcome, and if they were lesbian, they could maybe find other lesbians or work written by lesbians,” Weiser says. “So many times I've had people come up to me and say, ‘It just saved my life [when I was] coming to town.’”

BOOKS: Erika Lee’s Introduction to U.S. Xenophobia

"Xenophobia has helped siphon working-class resentment away from corporate greed and economic inequality and direct it toward immigrants. Scapegoating foreigners has also helped undermine interracial labor movements that challenge the worst corporate abuses.”

Read Brave Talk Brave: A Discussion About the Power of Women, Food, and Reading

A conversation about a book, the culture of food, the values of reading and libraries, and the blend of fiction and reality. From the author: "When your chosen one is a brown girl, who is undocumented, who is ‘born into the wrong body’ because she's a wolf and not a witch? What happens then?"

Exploring the Links Between Latina Art and Organizing: Jessica Lopez Lyman’s “Place-Keepers”

"Place-Keepers" profiles artists whose work moves fluidly between performance and protest. Their practices challenge boundaries between art and activism, demonstrating how aesthetics can mobilize communities, foster healing, and sustain long-term organizing.

Shodo Spring’s Book Inspired by the Natural World

“As a whole we know how to control, not how to engage; how to destroy, not how to grow. This is our great loss, and the reason we mourn. We do not know how to be part of the family.”

UPDATED BOOKS: A Variety Pack of Minnesota Authors

Memoirs, historical fiction, a caregiving resource, and book of essays are among the recent book titles by Minnesota authors.