
Rock & Roll Roots
It is comforting to look on stage and see people who look like you playing music that has been deemed unconventional for Black artists to play.

Dance Pioneer: Loyce Houlton
It has been 25 years since the passing of Loyce Houlton, who made a significant contribution to the cultural landscape of Minnesota and the world of dance.

Kim Uy: Medical Innovator
Green Card Voices released a book about immigrants in Minnesota who are engaged in STEM careers. We feature four of them in excerpted form in this Innovators issue.

The Art of Decluttering
How the hell did we accumulate so much, and why did we squirrel it away so carefully?

The Language of Professionals
When I was first thinking of applying to college, my knowledge…

In the News: March 2020
Dying With Dignity
submitted by Rebecca Thoman
Terminally…

Minding the Age Gap
The 2019 Status of Older Women in Minnesota report examines…

Q&A With Ruth Hayden
All women today — unlike 30 years ago — will say they know how to do money. But one-third at best are doing it. We need to take a leap to do something — not perfect, not monumental, but a start. We need to keep asking ourselves, what can we do today to get what we need?

My Communist Roots
Communism promised an equitable society with workers enjoying the fruits of their labors. Everyone would have housing, health care, education. There would be no discrimination against women, or religious minorities, or people of different ethnic backgrounds.

Financial Trauma
What I want our communities to talk about: how generational trauma affects our financial wellbeing. We can learn and unlearn traumatic events that might be affecting us today, unconsciously sabotaging our own wellbeing.

Taste
commentary of everyday women about food and fashion
Jametta…

Tending to the Garden
I worked my way from a too-young, abusive marriage to college…


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.