The right stuff
It’s more expensive to buy organic. But what’s the true cost?
Role Modeling
How nude modeling helps keep my body-image demons in check.
Voices from the shadows
Mona Smith uses the spirit of ancient American Indian storytelling to tell “video poems”
Kitchen-table activism
The Women’s Environmental Institute hopes to educate, mobilize & affect change with pointed questions about toxins in our neighborhoods, homes and food.
Primary choices
The Minnesota Women's Press looks at the primary races of two strong women candidates, plus an intriguing general election candidate.
A mysterious illness changed her life
"I'm idealistic. I want everybody to not only access healthy food for themselves but for the sustainability of our planet. "-
Moonlighting unmasked
Working 9 to 9. Two jobs is a way of life for some Twin Cities women.
An ounce of prevention
The FDA has approved a vaccine that should prevent most cervical cancer, but only for women who aren’t yet sexually active
Say it loud, say it proud, say “I do!”
Couples celebrate their love and commitment at Pride
Redefining family
Single women and lesbian couples who choose parenthood are transforming the donor insemination industry
Transgendered among us
The struggle for acceptance challenges mainstream ideas of gender, identity and even feminism
Women in Economics
If more women were economists, economic policies would better reflect women’s lives. Maybe.
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.