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A Blueprint to Thrive

“The vitality of our region, and the strength of our rural economy, depends on everyone being able to contribute, and it starts before birth. We need to ensure all our kids — our Indigenous children, our seventh-generation immigrant children, and our first-generation immigrant children — get the best possible start to life.’’ — Southwest Initiative Foundation President Diana Anderson

Equity Solutions & Quiz

In a related story we look at some of the statewide issues and…

Improving Food Access

In 2009, my family and I bought a house out in the country…

ERA Impressions from Virginia

Delegate Danica Roem, the nation’s first Transgender legislator…

My Path Into Labor Rights

"One of the most important people at the rally was neither a politician nor an Amazon employee. Running operations behind the scenes alongside workers was a 23-year-old college student named Nimo Omar. At the Awood Center, people affectionately call her the lioness." — Wired magazine

Failing Mothers and Children

“For Black women in America, an inescapable atmosphere of societal and systemic racism can create a kind of toxic physiological stress resulting in conditions, including hypertension and pre-eclampsia, that lead directly to higher rates of infant and maternal death.” — Linda Villarosa

Building Sustainable Community

Kim Norton discusses her vision at the Mayor’s office in Rochester.…

Tapping Into Human Potential

It’s all socially constructed, so you have equal amounts of compassion for the person who’s being battered and the person who’s battering. You’ll never end oppression with oppression.

Turning Tragedy Into Action

I did not want anyone to forget about who [Philando] was and what he represented as a man — his devotion to his job and the children, always thinking about other people. I wanted to keep his legacy alive by doing the things that he held near and dear to his heart.

Women for Trump

Reader Lisa Burke, a healthcare professional, mother, and grandmother,…

Timeline: 30 years of abortion rights history

pulled from the archived pages of Minnesota Women's Press 1973…

My Path as an Abortion Rights Activist

For more than 50 years, NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota — aka the…