Minnesota Women's Press

Tag Archive for: Family

Let’s make it easier for moms to breastfeed if they want to | Column

04/28/2022

Support is everything.

This Life Rocks

02/28/2022

When I was six, I started a kindness project called This Life Rocks. At the time, my dad was recovering from his first cancer, and I was struggling with selective mutism.

You don’t bother to tell her about the pineapples back home and how fruit vendors peel the outer skin with machetes and sell them on wooden skewers, or on hot days, sell juices of freshly pulverized pineapples, complete with foam on top.

VIEW: Aunt Margaret

05/14/2021

“When I was in the orphanage, they put me in charge of the younger children because I could relate, because I cared. I guess that’s carried over.”

Reducing the Risk of Deportation

02/25/2021

If an immigrant is convicted even of a non-violent or minor offense, many years later that conviction can lead to deportation orders.

VIEW: Practicing Unity

02/04/2021

I asked and listened to what voters told me about their hopes — about better jobs, wages, healthcare, and education. I also heard their fears — of more taxes, immigrants, gun laws, and “defunding the police.”