
Revisiting the Healthy Start Act
Of 23 people eligible for the program so far, four have been approved.

Imagine the Year 2060
People emerged from their homes with shocked, confused stares, like deer emerging from forest wildfire.

CALL: Talking About LGBTQ+ Health, Aging, and Rights
Frustration is why it is crucial to sometimes take a step back and consider the change that has happened.

Reading to Live: Dyslexia and Racial Disparities in Minnesota
Parents recognized that their children were displaying behavioral problems at school, but not at home. I realized there was a problem bigger than they even knew.

After Parental Rights are Terminated, Mothers Find Support in One Another
I am able to talk freely about my story without judgment and with total acceptance. This has changed my life.

Step 2: Define Success on Individual Basis
Somebody came into my office and said ‘I relapsed yesterday. I already talked to my probation officer. I already have my bags packed to go to treatment.’ That is success for that person.

Step 1: Expand Treatment Centers
We can interrupt the cycle of children aging up into homelessness, which is a problem in our state.

“Many People Who Do Bad Things Are Not Bad People”
Bit by bit, I shared more of my truth, however ugly, each time I returned.

Label Cans, Not People
Why can’t we reward and celebrate the people who seek help?

Person-Centered Care and the Value of Peer Support
Our role is not to “fix what is wrong.”

We Recover With Others: A Conversation with Farhia Budul
We help people understand that substance use disorders are a brain disease, and that recovery is possible.

Why the World Doesn’t Deserve Black Children: The Peculiar Birthing Rights of Black Women
It was her words “how dare you” that made me sit with my ideas about reproductive rights.


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.