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How a Biker Club Evolved Into Protest Marshals and Fundraisers

We recently talked to a few riders in a Twin Cities motorcycle club — including people named Barbie, Kassie, Bridget, Rachel, Amie, Marni, and Megan. The group is known as Bikers Riding Against Policy Brutality, and was formed to protect protestors after George Floyd was murdered by police in 2020. Today they are still engaged in marshaling at various marches, but also in fundraising and mutual aid efforts.
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Hegseth Made the Fitness Test Harder: Most Female Marines Are Passing

“I think [Hegseth's] mandate is based on the belief that women can’t meet men’s fitness standards within combat arms." According to Marine Corps data, 91.38 percent of women and 96.53 percent of men in combat arms who have taken the test since January have met or exceeded that threshold.
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Compulsory Safety, Continued: What Black Rural Families Are Building Now

School has begun in Minnesota. For many families, this is…
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Deep Dive: Debating the Impact of Gun Violence in Minnesota (3 perspectives)

This deep dive into gun violence prevention legislation explores a national effort to build bipartisan agreement, and two recent debates at the Minnesota capitol about reducing access to assault weapons and creating a central state office focused on gun violence prevention. “In 2024, deaths from gun violence around the rest of the country fell by 5 percent, but here in Minnesota, they rose by 6 percent,” said Maggiy Emery.
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COLUMN: Centering the Most Impacted

How do we continually reimagine traditional processes to center leadership so the voices of those most impacted are providing leadership, not simply input?
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Minnesota Women’s Press 2026 Youth Resource Guide: Jobs, Camps, and Activities

Our annual summer guide with camps, internships, work opportunities, and scholarships
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Katie Chin: Honoring Her Mother’s Legacy While Paving Her Own

“My mother seemed immortal,” Chin narrates in her show. “A kitchen warrior, who conquered every hardship with grace and determination, always at the ready to stir fry in case of emergency.”
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Community Values in Action

This compilation of stories reflects the community values Minnesotans care about: protecting children, caregivers, health care patients, and renters. It includes the values reflected in an essay from Cannon Falls, from someone who was arrested for protest, and of community members at an MPR town hall.
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Minnesota Is Home

"Minnesota is home. We live here. We raise our children here. Our presence is not a question — it is a fact. We serve this state with care."
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Surviving ICE: Letty’s Story

The story of a woman who was detained three months by immigration agents in 2008, and her insights to share for families like hers who are impacted today.
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Commentary: She Fought and Died for Our Belonging

If Renée Good’s courage can move my sister to imagine roots where she once felt only limbo, then the work now is clear. We owe it to her and to our children to turn grief into grounding, fear into presence, and loss into a fierce refusal to disappear.
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Commentary: Being a Peaceful Warrior From Cannon Falls

"So, we stand, we connect, and we act in the name of Love. We call out bigots and make racism shameful and ignorant again."
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How to Be an Upstander: Tips From a Monarca Training

González Avalos said Minnesotans will show the country how to choose community. People are watching our state again, she said, and will see "a beautiful movement we're creating here. ... We are meant to make this country better."
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NEWS: Veterans from Common Defense Call for the Prosecution of ICE Agents

  On February 5, a 20-foot-long “Prosecute ICE”…
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UPDATED 2-7: Mutual Aid

How to help immigrant communities, restaurants, and local grocery stores as more Minnesotans stay inside to avoid federal agents. ... and other best practices for being part of community support.
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