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Insights About Co-Operatives

Policymakers, Indigenous leaders, and Black collective participants discussed the long-time benefits of a collaborative, co-operative system at the Minnesota Cooperative Summit in Duluth. "Community wealth is collective."

In Chile, a Group of Women Embroider to Keep Memory Alive 

The Bordadoras have influenced my thoughts on the politics of memory, the power of textile art, and the significance of the space that a group of people gathered together creates.

Collective Power Is Key

There are insights in these pages about how collective solidarity builds far more for our health, prosperity, and happiness than any single government agency or corporate structure can provide.

Commentary: What is the Save Our Bacon Act in the Farm Bill?

The cutesy-named "Save Our Bacon Act" was introduced in Congress in July to support large corporations to strip states of the power to set their own standards for the food sold within their borders, and to nullify laws voters have already passed to protect people and animals.

Protesting Details at the Appleton Prison

Core Civic will earn a billion dollars from the sale and subsequent contract, while we pay the bill. Not a bad scam if you can get it, likely the biggest fraud this state has ever seen.

Bulletin Board: A Running Tally of Posts From Other Sources

The Lineage of a Minnesota 15 Activist

In the late 1930s, after hearing Dorothy Day speak in…

Ohio Advocacy Group Is Tracking ICE Agent Violence Against Women

An analysis by The 19th indicates that — of a list of 152 agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection who have faced administrative disciplinary action or criminal penalties for allegations of violent crimes— 73 percent of the people were categorized as being criminally charged or convicted and sentenced related to sexual offenses. Fifty percent were categorized as being criminally charged or sentenced related to crimes against minors.

UPDATED: Voices and Images From the Solidarity Celebration

  At a Solidarity picnic on August 8, many groups came…

RESOURCE: New Tool for People With Medical Assistance to Check 2027 Federal Requirements

People with Medical Assistance can find out now if they will need to meet 2027 federal work reporting requirements with a new tool from the Minnesota Department of Human Services.

Commentary: Indivisible Opposes ICE Detention Center Opening in Minnesota August 11

Indivisible Twin Cities is outraged and horrified that ICE and CoreCivic have signed a contract allowing CoreCivic to operate a detention camp in Appleton, Minnesota. CoreCivic just announced its new contract with ICE in Appleton will begin Aug. 11

Bridging the Political Divides: Rural Women Running

Rural women running for political office this year gathered in a park near the Mississippi River in central Minnesota. Here is some of what they said. "It is going to be fast, and it is going to be hard, but we can get this done. I am done hearing that women cannot win, because look at us here.”