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Physical Health/Sexuality

The Long Fight Against Toxins in One Neighborhood

After her 16-year-old son Trinidad died in 2013 of dilated cardiomyopathy — a condition associated with exposure to air pollution — Holmes became an activist. Many people in her Indigenous community were dying before the age of 55, and she began to question what had once seemed normal.
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EXPLAINER: What Is Happening to Our Health Care, From Heather Cox Richardson

While the focus has been on produce, FDA records show what she calls “a steady stream of recalls” that includes “prepared foods, salad dressings, soups, bakery items and ready-to-eat products,” potentially contaminated with salmonella, Listeria, or foreign materials, including pieces of metal.
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RESOURCE: New Tool for People With Medical Assistance to Check 2027 Federal Requirements

People with Medical Assistance can find out now if they will need to meet 2027 federal work reporting requirements with a new tool from the Minnesota Department of Human Services.
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How Two July 20 Decisions — and Fraud Review Dysfunction — Impact Disabled Minnesotans

Many objections center on the possibility that people living in congregate settings, such as group homes, can receive much higher budgets than those living on their own or with family members. This raises worries about forced institutionalization. ... “From my perspective, the system is not functioning in a way that supports independence or dignity. Instead, it creates exhaustion, confusion, and barriers to care for people who are already living with significant disabilities and health challenges.”
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East Phillips Neighbors, Karen Clark, and Ongoing Roof Depot Site Development

The East Phillips Neighborhood Institute was very happy Karen Clark was able to witness and celebrate a historic win for the community when Minnesota legislators granted funding to purchase half the Roof Depot in May 2026.
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NEWS: Freedom To Breathe Hunger Strike Launched

“The obligation to stand in solidarity with people who live at the margins — it's with that commitment to justice and more for my community that today I'm going on hunger strike.” According to the Zero Burn Coalition — a network of 70 groups that organized the strike — residents in the 55411 zip code seek medical treatment for asthma at the highest rate in Minnesota.
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The Health Effects of ICE Tactics

Minnesota Women’s Press is gathering experts for a future online discussion with members, and deeper stories, about physical and mental health issues impacting children and adults. What do we do as a community to heal from what ICE agents have done?
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My “Can Do Canine” Has Helped Me Hike Thousands of Miles

  I am an author, storyteller, educator, activist,…
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Four Minnesotans Who Want to Transform School Food Policy

A proposed bill would enable Minnesota students to have access to climate-friendly meal options by the 2027–28 school year, by supporting one nutritionally complete plant-based breakfast and lunch option daily. Illinois accomplished a similar timeline in 2023.
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EXPLAINER: How the Tax Bill Impacts Your Health Care, in Bite-Size Terms

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“Some people say, ‘Oh, Medicaid, it's for poor people in the cities,’ but it's not. It's throughout the whole state of Minnesota. Sometimes the percentage of the population that's on Medicaid is higher in rural areas.” 
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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.”
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Everybody Just Breathe

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