Politics

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I will soon turn 66. I had thought that by this age, I would mostly be doing the two things

When it comes to behavioral change, and beliefs, this is not simply a Greater Minnesota challenge, nor a Minnesota challenge — it is a national challenge. It is THE challenge of our time. How do we find our way back to each other and to the values that connect us?

We listened to some of the voices, and saw some of the villages, at three locations on election night in Saint Paul. Here are a few highlights.

The values and vision of 20 Minnesotans who care about serving everyone in a culture of abundance, not scarcity and fear. “If it is about us, include us.”

At the state capitol, there is a historic slate of LGBTQ+ candidates and Native candidates. Here are parts of our conversations with some of them.

We talked with candidates and other Minnesota engaged in politics about how reproductive rights, public safety, and education are impacting voters.

“Women naturally function more as a collective. There is power in numbers. When it is transactional, people who want to succeed think that dividing and conquering is how you do it. That is actually a colonized way of leading.”

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“We are working on transforming the science of politics. And when we get there, and when we do that, this world is going to be very, very different.”

How socio-economic status keeps people out of these spaces, prevents people from running, and also keeps folks in these offices year after year.

Supporters of women of color and LGBTQ+ legislative candidates came out to celebrate the intersectional movement