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Building Child Care Solutions Statewide

In 2021, about 6,500 child care spaces were lost in non-metro Minnesota. This meant more parents stayed home due to lack of options, and rural companies in particular had trouble retaining employees. A few cities have taken steps to correct those issues.

The Decline of Nursing Homes Statewide

“We have a math problem. People are living longer than ever. But the workforce we’re relying on for care is shrinking."

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.

Supporting Autonomy for Minnesota’s Disability Community

I have refused to compromise on my autonomy. I choose to fight every day for the life that I have built in Minnesota. It has been a choice to embrace and love my existence as a disabled person, exactly as is.

Irene Ochoa: Emotional Lifeline

I can understand the challenges that make it hard to escape the abuse. Part of my support is reaffirming that I believe what they say.

Sue Purchase: Guerrilla Public Health Provider

Overdose deaths in the U.S. rose to over 93,000 in 2020 — up from 70,630 in 2019 — which was the largest amount ever recorded in a 12-month period.

VIEW: Caring for Our Essential Infrastructure

Will we support bills that value these workers with adequate training, fair wages, and benefits to show them how essential they really are?

Work, Motherhood, & Pandemic

"Families were communal in the past. I hope that this is something we take away [from the pandemic] — how can we lend support to one another?"

The Long-Standing Call for Stronger Mental Health Systems

“The system isn’t broken; we just haven’t built it.”

Co-Creating the Community Economy

As publisher and editor of the Minnesota Women’s Press platform, I ask our readers: Help us find and share — in virtual forums, in our magazine pages — the stories about community-based economies, green cooperatives, and women-led innovations that are working to truly correct our inequities.

Being Away From Ailing Loved Ones

I asked Jane Whitlock, an end-of-life doula who has led workshops for Minnesota Women’s Press, to offer suggestions on how families can grieve physical separation from loved ones.

Broken System

The Crisis of Elder Abuse in Minnesota Kristine Sundberg,…