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Karen Diver: Protector of Indigenous Scholarship

“As an Indigenous person, I benefited from the choices my parents made to make it a little better for me. And so that becomes my obligation, right? How do I make it a little better for the ones after me? One less burden, one less policy they have to overcome.”

Energy as Commons: The Northland Solar Commons

The legal agreement between Heliene and the Bois Forte community beneficiaries represents the guiding principles of solar commoning: reciprocity, mutual aid, regenerative economics, and reparative justice.

NEWS: Minnesota Father Reunited With Family After Two Months in ICE Detention

“We believe true justice means healing harm rather than multiplying it through detention and deportation."

Values in a Rural Town

As we grow together, we’re co-creating a mini economy that builds the basis for an emerging value system — one that doesn’t have to rest on ever-increasing consumption or outward expansion, but rather depends on a more comprehensive, deeper understanding of how we are connected.

Dodgeball Is Not Just for Gym Class Anymore

Although the games are intense, captain Sarah Mitzen says dodgeball is freeing. “All the anxiety, everything that I’ve been carrying and worrying about, turns off, and I’m completely in that moment.”

“Mae West and the Trial of Sex” Documents a Forgotten—But Familiar—Chapter in American Censorship

As disheartening as it might be to watch familiar patterns play out on-stage, the ultimate moral of "Trial of Sex" is not that we’re doomed to repeat the same mistakes.

The Caregiving Role of Immigrant Children

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Anecdotes from people who are struggling with the responsibility and the privilege of being caregivers would be  insightful. An online community of support would be awesome as well.

Allison Lussier’s Death: Minneapolis City Council Hears Long-Standing Criticism of Police Response to Domestic Violence

The system breakdown impacted Allison Lussier. On one occasion prior to her death, police were with Lussier and her abuser — after multiple complaints about his conduct and applications for orders for protection — but police allowed him to leave the scene without detention or arrest. 

COMMENTARY: Pine City Pride

It is easy to fear the unknown and to believe the worst of others when you do not know them.

Pride in Rural Communities

Queer folks have always been in Southwest Minnesota. We are excited to celebrate the entirety of their identities in community together.

Nancy Lyons: “You just need to care enough to show up”

"I want every queer kid, every working mom, every activist, every person who's ever been underestimated, to hear that you don't need a title or a position or a fancy business card. To lead, you just need to care enough to show up."

Playwright Rhiana Yazzie Premieres Latest Play at New Native Theatre

"It represents the full breadth of Native existence, from humor to grief and everything in between.”