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Dodgeball Is Not Just for Gym Class Anymore

Although the games are intense, captain Sarah Mitzen says dodgeball is freeing. “All the anxiety, everything that I’ve been carrying and worrying about, turns off, and I’m completely in that moment.”

Everybody Just Breathe

This book is my documentation of life as a COVID ICU nurse on the front lines in Minnesota.

Publisher’s Note: Reflections on Five Years Since the Pandemic (from KAXE Radio)

“I agree with those who have said we've never really properly grieved what we lost at that time. It was very isolating.”

Two Reasons We Need to Pay Attention to Elder Care Statewide

Out of 340 nursing homes in Minnesota, 148 have “serious deficiencies” uncovered during inspections, and 313 — or 92 percent — have infection-related issues. That is according to the ProPublica Nursing Home Inspect report from November 2024.

TAPESTRY: Views from St. Kate’s Students

Several of the people who submitted essays for Tapestry were students in a media justice class at St. Catherine’s University.

Britt Howell: Proactive About Health

“If we can keep seeing powerful women, who are doing extraordinary things, on the front of magazines, and inside the magazines,” then others will be inspired to do similar works, she says.

Building Trust: The People Who Try to Help Veterans Access Benefits

Women now make up roughly 22 percent of veterans in the United States. Gibson is among a relatively small percentage of veterans — of any gender — who trust the veterans’ system enough to access the housing and health care benefits they are entitled to.

Shifting the Perception of Disabilities

  “Disability is not a bad word,” says Poppy…

Putting the Wild Into Aging

I think our society tends to quickly flatten women and femmes to ‘What can you do?’

Stories From the Road

“Not every disability is as visible as missing a limb or missing body parts or scars. There are things that affect us internally, beyond what the eye can see.”

Reader Perspectives on Navigating Menopause

Two readers offer suggestions of how they are navigating the physical changes of menopause.

A Clinic of One’s Own — Transforming health care for older women

The clinic system addresses the unique health care needs of women aged 65 and older.