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Minnesota Woman Crosses the Namib Desert

    Many of Concha Fernandez del Rey's friends told…

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.”

Excerpts from the Human Rights Watch Report on ICE-Related Violations

Excerpts from the Human Rights Watch report about accountability, needed reform, and community investment required to recover from the ICE occupation, including anecdotes from 150 interviews.

Commentary: Emilia Gonzalez Avalos Speaks About Human Rights Violations Report

"This year, they will dress themselves in white, red, and blue, and ask us to celebrate 250 years of America. So let us read our own founding document: 250 years ago, people declared independence from [the British] government. These are their words, not mine. 'Send hither swarms of officers to harass our people, a government that kept standing armies without the consent of our legislatures, a government that made the military superior to civil power.'"

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.’”

PART 1: Allison Lussier’s Mishandled Case Is Leading to Process Changes — Slowly

An after-action audit of Allison Lussier's case signals that deep culture change is needed to address the implicit and explicit bias that exists within the police force. The audit further recommends that a domestic violence advocate should respond to GOA calls alongside police to support the victim and ensure that the proper documentation is completed. A domestic violence workgroup has identified a risk assessment tool they hope the police start using.

Artist Powered by the Act of Observing That Was Limited as a Child

Catherine Johnson never spent a full year in school between the ages of three and 10. Instead, she was often in a hospital bed at Shriners Hospital for Children in Minnesota. She spent the first years of her life in a body cast, face-down in a hospital bed. Johnson, now 71, is a fine artist in Saint Paul who works in all media.

Part 1: Stacey Abrams Keynotes Annual Women Winning Event (with photos)

Georgia's Stacey Abrams said at the annual Women Winning event June 8 that she has learned that “if you want to hold power, you share power. So we’re going to commit, share, organize, mobilize, litigate, disrupt, deny, engage, elect. ... We get to be visionaries who see the future and hold people accountable. It is how we demand health care, child care, justice.”

50 Years of Successful Senior Housing

With only 28 job openings across the four-state operation, the Mary T companies seem to have escaped the staffing challenges in senior care — except during last winter, when the federal government had an immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

AFL-CIO Convention Builds Strategy Around a United Movement

The U.S. government is using billions in taxpayer money to round up members of the workforce and put them in detention centers. CEOs who run the 100 companies with the lowest median wage are making 632 times more than their employees. It is not surprising that the recent national AFL-CIO convention held in Minneapolis focused on building solidarity at a pre-conference civil rights unity summit and global symposium.

The Electoral College Tantrum That Got Me Sent Home From School

"The remarkable thing about the United States is not that our institutions are perfect. It is that generation after generation we continue debating how to make them better. Democracy has always been an unfinished project."

EVENT: League of Women Voters Host Discussion About BWCA

In April, the U.S. Senate passed House Join Resolution 140,…