
Values & Vision: Talking to People Engaged in Politics (With Election Results)
The values and vision of 20 Minnesotans who care about serving everyone in a culture of abundance, not scarcity and fear. "If it is about us, include us."

New Indigenous and LGBTQ+ Voices That Will Represent Minnesotans
At the state capitol, there is a historic slate of LGBTQ+ candidates and Native candidates. Here are parts of our conversations with some of them.

What Is On Voters’ Minds?
We talked with candidates and other Minnesota engaged in politics about how reproductive rights, public safety, and education are impacting voters.

Gloria Perez: Investing in Women and Girls
The hardest part of the work Women’s Foundation is doing, Perez adds, is “changing the hearts and minds of people who do not see the barriers up close. Unless we change hearts and minds, actions won’t follow.”

Pro-Choice and Pro-Equality Candidates
Minnesota Women's Press does not endorse candidates, since…

Perspectives From a Global Summit
Minnesota Women's Press was uniquely invited to participate in a D.C.-based global summit

VIEW: Tale of Two Cities — Selecting a Police Chief
Particularly in policing, but in every facet of civic life, what we need is to recenter the forming of partnerships as the heart of the activity, as both the means and the end.

People in Politics: What Makes a Powerful Leader?
"Women naturally function more as a collective. There is power in numbers. When it is transactional, people who want to succeed think that dividing and conquering is how you do it. That is actually a colonized way of leading."

Memorial to Survivors of Sexual Violence Vandalized – Again
Survivors' voices will not be denied or silenced. We will rebuild. Love prevails.

Changemakers Alliance: Key Topics for 2023
"That is the way we plan to lead, clear on our values."

Sen. Patricia Torres Ray: Transforming the Science of Politics
"We are working on transforming the science of politics. And when we get there, and when we do that, this world is going to be very, very different."

Socioeconomic Obstacles to Being a Candidate
How socio-economic status keeps people out of these spaces, prevents people from running, and also keeps folks in these offices year after year.


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.