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Leading Lights: Advocates Gear Up to Protect Vulnerable Minnesotans

Local advocates say that while it wasn’t the election result they hoped for, it’s one they have prepared for. Our conversation with leaders of Outfront, Advocates for Human Rights, Gender Justice, and Pro-Choice.

Three 20-Something Women Talk About How They See Hope

"There is unifying recognition that it's not just about money — it's also about social and health fabrics that need tending to. The narrative is shifting. I think people are making the dots and connections a bit more."

TAPESTRY: Views from St. Kate’s Students

Several of the people who submitted essays for Tapestry were students in a media justice class at St. Catherine’s University.

Lessons from the Scene of a Coup

The streets and community spaces of the Twin Cities shaped the way I show up in the fight to protect my own home country's fragile democracy.

Britt Howell: Proactive About Health

“If we can keep seeing powerful women, who are doing extraordinary things, on the front of magazines, and inside the magazines,” then others will be inspired to do similar works, she says.

Leah Lemm: Musicality and Native Storytelling

  Leah Lemm is a radio and podcast journalist and…

Ayan Omar: Connecting Diversity in St. Cloud

“I had the privilege of attending school with 40-plus nations represented in one building."

Alice Moren: Taking the Big View in Grand Rapids

“We see senior citizens who worked their whole lives but didn’t have a pension — the food support they might get does not last a month. I try to help the community understand all faces of poverty.”

Recording the Stories of Veterans

AMPERS is a radio association that supports 17 public community radio stations around Minnesota. Over the past 10 years, they recorded audio interviews with veterans for a series of first-person narratives. Here are some of the women featured.

From Grand Rapids: Local Media Talk About Political Leadership, Housing, LGBTQ+ Acceptance, and More

"We know that the people often behind those keyboards are presenting their deepest, darkest, angriest self. By interviewing people, having conversations, actually looking into what the issues are, you put the actual facts and information out there."

The Buckskin Dress

“I am a woman with wings dancing with other women with…

Shifting the Perception of Disabilities

  “Disability is not a bad word,” says Poppy…