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Future Forward: How My Advocacy Work Began at Age 13

The spring of my eighth grade year, Roe v. Wade was overturned. Up to that point, I had not been involved in advocacy work nor had I paid close attention to politics. I organized a walkout that involved 500 students in our small community.

From Malcolm X to ICE: Echoes from Earlier Generations on Resistance

Sagirah Shahid offers details of the histories that led up to this moment in Minnesota, centering the roots of the Black Muslim and Black power movements of the early 20th century — and a 1951 petition.

ESSAY: Whistling with my Neighbors

From my distant — but not too distant perch — in Colorado, watching Minnesotans in action, I realize there is a bullheaded-ness to Minnesota Nice. Neighbors will bring you a tater tot hotdish, like it or not. In the face of adversity, I have watched the actions of Minnesotans who answer force with steadfastness, despite the dangers. 

Deep Dive: Debating the Impact of Gun Violence in Minnesota (3 perspectives)

This deep dive into gun violence prevention legislation explores a national effort to build bipartisan agreement, and two recent debates at the Minnesota capitol about reducing access to assault weapons and creating a central state office focused on gun violence prevention. “In 2024, deaths from gun violence around the rest of the country fell by 5 percent, but here in Minnesota, they rose by 6 percent,” said Maggiy Emery.

COLUMN: Centering the Most Impacted

How do we continually reimagine traditional processes to center leadership so the voices of those most impacted are providing leadership, not simply input?

Minnesota Women’s Press 2026 Youth Resource Guide: Jobs, Camps, and Activities

Our annual summer guide with camps, internships, work opportunities, and scholarships

Katie Chin: Honoring Her Mother’s Legacy While Paving Her Own

“My mother seemed immortal,” Chin narrates in her show. “A kitchen warrior, who conquered every hardship with grace and determination, always at the ready to stir fry in case of emergency.”

Community Values in Action

This compilation of stories reflects the community values Minnesotans care about: protecting children, caregivers, health care patients, and renters. It includes the values reflected in an essay from Cannon Falls, from someone who was arrested for protest, and of community members at an MPR town hall.

Minnesota Is Home

"Minnesota is home. We live here. We raise our children here. Our presence is not a question — it is a fact. We serve this state with care."

Surviving ICE: Letty’s Story

The story of a woman who was detained three months by immigration agents in 2008, and her insights to share for families like hers who are impacted today.

Commentary: She Fought and Died for Our Belonging

If Renée Good’s courage can move my sister to imagine roots where she once felt only limbo, then the work now is clear. We owe it to her and to our children to turn grief into grounding, fear into presence, and loss into a fierce refusal to disappear.

Commentary: Being a Peaceful Warrior From Cannon Falls

"So, we stand, we connect, and we act in the name of Love. We call out bigots and make racism shameful and ignorant again."