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We Are Celebrating Six Awards!

We are celebrating our triumphs at last night's Minnesota…

Insights From the 2024 Saint Paul City Council Inauguration

"The truth is, to be a woman in a space that was not built for you is to know how to build space with your bare hands, to demand the attention of any room … to be a walking figure of change, of growth, to know how to rise and rise again and rise again and rise again and again and again and again."

CAST YOUR VOTE: Badass Minnesotans of the Year

Ellie Krug on How to Open Vulnerability and Compassion

“In many spaces, I am the first transgender person they've ever met. For me, that's a great responsibility, so I'm always trying to set the right tone to let people know that I'm really just like them.”

Changemaker: Outspoken PFAS critic Amara Strande, who died from cancer in 2023

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Minnesota Women Labor Journalists Uplifted Working People for Decades

I’m still learning about the writers I’ve mentioned here, many of whom are left out of the usual lists of pioneering journalists and women.

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A Place for the Holidays After Foster Care

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Little Rescue on the Prairie

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Building a Badass Base: Editor’s Letter and TOC

“We do not want to find fault with each other, but to solidify our forces and say to each other: We must be together; our masters are joined together and we must do the same thing.” — Mother Jones, Irish-American union activist
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A Conversation with Veronica Mendez Moore of CTUL

“My boss said we don’t do that here.” Others heard, “That passed, but it’s not for Latinos.” A law is just a piece of paper unless people can enforce it.

Diving Deep Into Minnesota Waters (Part 1)

As our Changemakers Alliance (CALL) newsletter reported in May, we visited Lewiston in southeastern Minnesota for a town hall forum about the water quality issues there. In this deep dive story, we will offer details about statewide water quality issues — such as runoff from agriculture and cancerous toxicity dangers. The next installment will include advocacy updates from local advocates working on solutions.