Policy/Politics

Thanks to a cat-sitting opportunity through an old friend, I recently had a chance to spend nine days in New

The nuance is a shift from centering the responder to one that anchors on a specific challenge or impetus for a call and honors the value of specialized training.

Public safety is a key factor in the Minneapolis elections this November. Here is where the candidates stand.

In a Minnesota hotel last week, the hallways are full of recently arrived people from Afghanistan. Some of the doors

Hennepin County is expanding its mental health response budget by $20 million through 2024.

Nina Rothchild, feminist who worked for pay equity starting in the 1970s, died October 12 in St. Paul at age 91. Here is the full essay she wrote recently for our “35 Years of Minnesota Women” book.

With the upcoming local elections focused on where voters land on public safety needs — the $180-million, 600-plus-person Minneapolis police department being a central piece of the conversation — we are focused on providing information about what solutions are getting committed, long-term resources.

Starting this past summer in Baltimore, Maryland, 14,000 city employees are being trained to provide trauma-informed care to the community.

Individualized responses to systemic issues will never solve the problem at its root.

The last year has been devastating regarding violence against women. The statistics we have collected help us understand the increase and nature of violence, which is catastrophic.

I never wanted the rapist in jail. I wanted him to see what happened in that room in the same way I do.

I am the child of a sharecropper’s son and a coal miner’s daughter. The mining industry and union struggle are