
Reflecting on the Past 40 Years: Edit Letter and TOC
"We are no longer asking for permission to exist or to belong. We are building spaces where we can thrive on our own terms.”

Part 1 — Changing the Future: Edit Letter and TOC
"We are no longer asking for permission to exist or to belong. We are building spaces where we can thrive on our own terms.”

Leading Ladies: Edit Letter and TOC
"We are no longer asking for permission to exist or to belong. We are building spaces where we can thrive on our own terms.”

Hope & Grief: Edit Letter and TOC
Another said we should forget hope and call it stubbornness to persevere.

Changemakers: Edit Letter and TOC
In this month’s Changemakers issue, we celebrate women whose…

Veterans: Edit Letter and TOC
From veterans, I am learning about the simultaneous mix of traumas and joys from service. Mostly, what I have heard is the desire of service providers to be able to serve veterans better.

The Politics of Life, Over Time
When a 19-year-old Macalester student on our editorial board…

Putting the Wild Into Aging
I think our society tends to quickly flatten women and femmes to ‘What can you do?’

Priscilla Trinh: Transcending Borders (& Table of Contents)
Had I read these stories when I was growing up here, I would have felt seen. Affirmed. Safe.

Edit Letter & TOC: Driven to Make Our Own Spaces
The stories that emerged as we began to pull ideas together for this issue, however, paint a picture of the ways that women are incorporating movement, fitness, and team camaraderie into their day-to-day lives.

What Are Hometown Values?
The people we talked with for this issue are strong examples of neighbors living out values in communion with others.

What Is Mental Health?: Editor’s Letter and TOC
“Self-love cannot flourish in isolation.” —bell hooks


For 2025 coverage, Minnesota Women’s Press earned a community leadership award, three photography awards, and four editorial awards, including for coverage of social issues and for our Spring 2025 “Know Your Rights” special section supported by Unidos MN. Our publisher was named Journalist of the Year by Violence Free Minnesota for gender-based violence coverage.