
Imagining a Potential Co-op Future for Minnesota Women’s Press
In the coming year, Minnesota Women's Press will explore whether it can transition into a cooperative, member-owned news organization.

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.

The Voices of the 2025 Badass Minnesotans
At the 2025 Minnesota Women's Press 40th anniversary celebration, we honored three Badass winners as chosen by our membership. Here is what they shared.

In Honor of George Floyd, a Community Discussion Was Held in North Minneapolis
“If there was a hospital in Hennepin County that had high rates of infection, we would all be saying, ‘What’s going on in that hospital?’ No one would accuse us of being anti-hospital or anti-doctor because we want to figure out what the problem is."

Letter to the Editor: In Response to Robin Wonsley Commentary
Editor's Note: Robin Wonsley wrote a commentary that we published…
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Scenes and Sounds: Peaceful Protectors Statewide
We started this collection from people around the state with…

Book Review: How Erasing Women from American Narratives has Reinforced Inequity
"While much of We the Men is a sobering account of centuries of discrimination and propaganda, it also offers a path forward."

TAPESTRY: Voices on Feminist Legacy
Josefina Gerónimo: Mujerismo Influence
As a Chicana, my life…

Publisher’s Note: Sharing Stories About Some of History’s Powerful Women
‘You women are going to have to do it, because we're all captured by our institutions, and we don't dare.’

PHOTO GALLERY: Hands Off, April 2025
An estimated 25,000 people turned out in Saint Paul for the…

Our Special “Know Your Rights” Issue, in Collaboration With Unidos MN
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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.