
How We Counter the Anti
To stay engaged, identify sustainable actions of micro-activism, or find a path that’s right for your energy and attention. Don’t pull away. Ignoring what is happening won’t make it go away.

Thinking About Past Covers
We talked for over two hours, covering topics from pipelines to parentage. Her ideas and energy left me just as in awe of her as before I had arrived.

Ecofeminism, Then to Now
"Feminists today understand that climate is more than weather. It is the violent context of toxicity, entitlement, and appropriation, whether targeting women’s bodies, Black lives, Indigenous lands, migrant workers fleeing ICE raids, or garment workers in unstable buildings."

The Art of Organizing: A Tribute to My Mother
“Your mother’s art…

How One Family Dealt With an Immigration Visit
If immigration agents come to your home, you do not have to let them in unless they have a valid, signed warrant from a judge.

Panelists Talk About Bringing Authentic Selves to Work at Queermunity Event
As Verbeten said — encouraging folks to show up in political and community spaces — “just standing in your power, honestly being your true self, is also an act of rebellion and is very important.”

Weaving Together an Art Practice
"Fiber arts are kind of like math; once you learn a skill, it doesn’t go away, just like addition or subtraction. You keep building on that skill to make other things. And that’s what I like about it. I can expand what I can make as I learn."

The Four Winds: A Seasonal Celebration of Dakóta culture, history, and art
Guided by the Four Winds, the seasonal events at Battle Creek will honor the teachings of ancestors.

Views and Voices from 2025 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Day
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan
According to the Minnesota Department…

COLUMN: Ellie Krug on Trans Advocacy With a Heart
"Humans are trans because they are wired in a way where their body doesn’t match their brain. Just like gay people are wired differently from straight people. And how left-handed people have different wiring from right-handed folks."

Nadia Mohamed: An Historic Rise as Mayor
“Somewhere inside me [today] is a 10-year-old girl who wanted her face on the wall of mayors." She noticed that all of the city’s mayors were white, and only two of them were women.

How to Build a Life of Financial and Emotional Health
I didn’t know anything about goal setting, time management, or financial planning until I came to Minnesota and registered at Community Action Partnership for a two-year program called “Self-Sufficiency for Low-Income Families.”


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