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It is time, she writes, to become our own protection system to thwart aggressors.

January 24 — Rep. Kristin Bahner (DFL–37B) introduced HF424 to the House Public Safety and Finance Committee, in order to

Through making a story from the pieces of her life, I came to embrace Harriet as an unconventional sort of mentor.

When Mary Hartman sat down at her kitchen table in Rochester in 2017, she did not know she was about to start a six-figure business.

She witnessed the power of standing up, facing fear, and finding one’s agency — a power she has guided other women to unearth within themselves over the past 25 years.

Curious — like my cat — I did some research.

Of 23 people eligible for the program so far, four have been approved.

Thanks to underwriting from University of Minnesota Press, the third in our series of Values & Vision discussions will feature “Take What You Need: Life Lessons After Losing Everything,” by Jen Crow (Broadleaf Books), to be held online August 25, 7pm.

I wish more people would be involved with this work and understand that people who commit crimes need help. We are not monsters.

Invitation to readers: If you were alive in 1955, share what different direction you might have taken with your life had the opportunity been there — or what you did do that was considered nontraditional. Send to [email protected]

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

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