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Claiming a Seat at the Table: Meet the Hmong Women Disrupting Politics-as-Usual
October 4, 2019
Traditionally in Hmong culture, dinner is an art. To be more specific, Hmong women work to make dinner an art. While guests experience delicious scoop after scoop of white rice, pork ribs, mustard greens, and papaya
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Building Community & Reproductive Freedom Through Burlesque
By: Performer Justin Uranus My name is Andy, but my stage name is Justin Uranus. I have been a performer for my whole life, but my burlesque journey started out
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Ensuring access to abortion is an act of care.
At a young age, I recognized how the systems we live in limit the choices we have about our bodies. I grew up believing the implicit (and sometimes explicit) messages
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Rep. Ilhan Omar: It’s Time For Medicare for All.
Hundreds of people turned out last week when Representative Ilhan Omar arrived at the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport, the terminal erupting into chants of “Welcome home” as the legislator walked through the door. Even more people showed up for
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Finding Community and Queering St. Cloud
By: Dexter Hanson (they/them) In 2017 I chose to move to St. Cloud from Brookings, South Dakota. I moved for new opportunities–the chance to have the freedom to be who
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Queer Duluth Love Letter
By: Erin O’Daniel No matter our race or gender, we are tied together. In these political times, we are choosing to imagine a future where everyone is not only safe,
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Legislative Wrap Up
The 2019 legislative session ended early Saturday morning – just a few days late – after many sleepless nights. The bills haven’t been signed by the Governor yet (there are
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What being an abortion doula taught me about care work and reproductive freedom
When I saw a training to become an abortion doula through SPIRAL Collective, I mostly went out of curiosity. A doula is a companion that provides information, physical, and emotional
