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UPDATED 2-7: Mutual Aid

How to help immigrant communities, restaurants, and local grocery stores as more Minnesotans stay inside to avoid federal agents. ... and other best practices for being part of community support.

A Week of Connecting Dots Around Abusive Behavior

Lynn Tramonte, executive director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance, pointed out that there is “a real problem with gender-based violence by ICE agents — and the agency is not taking it seriously. Andrew Golobic used his position of power against women who feared deportation to extort sex.

Commentary: Why the Minnesota-Led Target Boycott — and the Backlash to ICE — Reasserts the Meaning of People Power

Minnesota is living through another moment of economic truth-telling. It is everyday people who are feeding families, escorting children to school, translating for neighbors, organizing safety networks, and showing up — often in subzero temperatures — to protect one another. Meanwhile, corporations that profit from this labor remain conspicuously silent.

More Images of Minnesota Protectors (from January 30 march)

For two Fridays in a row, thousands of Minnesotans gathered in cold weather to peacefully show their intention to protect the state from federal incursion. On January 30, they marched through downtown Minneapolis and applied their names to a Constitution preamble. Here are some of Sarah Whiting's images.

Nekima Levy Armstrong: Why We Protested at Cities Church in Saint Paul, and What Our Arrests Mean

Instead, Armstrong and Allen were taken to the Sherburne County Jail using three sets of restraints “as if we were hardened criminals and murderers. We had ankle shackles on our ankles, we had belly chains around our waist, and we had handcuffs with bars in the middle. As someone who majored in African American studies, I can tell you that that is the closest I ever felt to slavery in my life.

Community Members on Front Lines Ask for Statewide Eviction Moratorium

With February rent due, at least 68 organizations came together to ask for an eviction moratorium so that renters cannot be kicked out of their homes while ICE agents are targeting Black and brown faces.

Future Forward: The Leadership We Need Is Already Here

As history repeats itself, we must ask: Now what? What is the future we are all committed to building together, despite the persistence of structural violence?

Honoring Minnesotans Who Lost Their Lives in 2025 Because of Abusive People

The annual Intimate Partner Homicide Memorial was hosted by Violence Free Minnesota at the Saint Paul College Club on January 30, honoring Minnesota lives lost to domestic violence in 2025.

EXPLAINER: Caucuses and Why They Matter

Why, where, how to get involved in the February 3 caucuses throughout Minnesota.

The Peaceful Protectors of the Twin Cities: A Photo Gallery of the January 23 Protest

Some of the images taken by Minnesota Women's Press photographer Sarah Whiting at the January 23 protest in downtown Minneapolis that brought roughly 40,000 people together in sub-zero weather.

Images from the Daytime Gathering After Alex Pretti Was Killed by ICE

Protestors returned to sub-degree weather after Alex Pretti was killed by ICE agents, as chronicled by Minnesota Women's Press photographer Sarah Whiting.

Commentary: Dykes Who Watch Out For…

"Jonathan Ross did not kill Renee Nicole Good because he was afraid of her. He killed her because she was not afraid of him. We are dangerous because we care about our neighbors."