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One Year After Dobbs: Minnesota Abortion Providers Speak

It’s scarier [now] for patients and for providers — there are targets on our backs, but we’re committed to meeting people’s needs.

  • 05/24/2023
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Post-Dobbs: Editor’s Letter and TOC

“A patient said to me, ‘You’ve given me my future back.’ When somebody says that to you, how do you not keep going?”
— Tammi Kromenaker, clinic director at Red River Women’s Clinic in Moorhead

  • 05/24/2023
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Reproductive Rights at the Capitol

Lawmakers were busy this session, introducing and passing a record number of laws related to protecting reproductive freedom and gender-affirming health care in Minnesota.

  • 05/24/2023
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Major Public Safety and Gun Legislation Bills Signed Into Law (and Some of the Debates Against Them)

“Red flag” gun legislation will restrict access to people who are in danger of using guns to cause harm, including in domestic violence issues. Opposition voices included here…

  • 05/12/2023
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  • 05/11/2023
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Part 2: House Debates About Gun Legislation and Restorative Justice

The Minnesota legislature has been working for several months on new public safety policy. As the session winds down, they are closer on several progressive measures. This story reflects some of the conversation that members have had about the provisions in past debates.

  • 05/10/2023
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Farming Needs Addressed in Town Hall and Omnibus Agriculture Bill

“I would like to see a proliferation of farmers markets in Greater Minnesota and regional community markets. The more we can invest in them, the better.”

  • 05/06/2023
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Racial Justice Network: Frank Talk About the Pushback to Reforming Criminal Legal System

Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara: “I perceived that everyone here wanted to change: residents, government, police officers. And I was wrong. People absolutely want progress, but people don’t really want change.”

  • 05/04/2023
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Minnesota Mothers Testify to U.N. Delegation About Losing Their Children to Police Violence

This ongoing series of testimonials shares the stories of pain direct from mothers of Black sons killed by police

  • 05/03/2023
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Part 1: House Discussion About No-Knock Warrants, Bias Registry, and More

“Two mosques have been burned in the last 48 hours in Minnesota. They are the target of hate and bigotry, and we’re sitting here pretending that there is no problem.”

  • 05/02/2023
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Deep Dive: Teaching Multicultural History Passes Into Law — With Similar Opposition from a Few Decades Ago

Deep reporting of the wide perspectives of Minnesota legislators in discussing the ethnic studies bill proposed for an impending vote.

  • 04/26/2023
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Deep Dive: Let’s Talk About Public Safety

Changemakers Alliance is the Minnesota Women’s Press extension that creates deep dive stories, partly by hosting and sharing public conversations about core topics that impact people statewide.

  • 04/24/2023