Minnesota Women's Press

01/10/2026

Did you know fewer than 17 percent of the state’s foreign-born population is undocumented?
Did you know that Minnesota has 1 percent of the country's immigration population since 2018?
Did you know that about 13,000 people in Minnesota seeking asylum -- generally fleeing a country where they are in danger -- are "on hold"?
https://www.womenspress.com/test-your-knowledge-of-the-numbers-of-immigrants-and-asylum-seekers-in-minnesota/
Minnesota Department of Human Services

In Minnesota, an estimated 9,000 residents with temporary protections have lost their status or are at imminent risk of losing it. Roughly 13,000 asylum-seeker cases sit pending in Minnesota alone, part of a national backlog exceeding 1 million.

30/09/2026

New federal rules are cutting into health care protections October 1. With the levels of misunderstanding about the systems we rely on day-to-day when we get hospital and clinic care, this Explainer is the first in a series designed to help people understand how the government — and the people we elect to it — serve the common good with the decisions they make about policy and funding priorities.

https://www.womenspress.com/explainer-when-medicaid-changes-come-home-to-minnesota-with-visual-flyer/

NAMI Minnesota Winona Health Health Care For All

29/09/2026

"The conversations we can have with each other are not about telling people what to think, but by creating more places to think together. More opportunities to explore the essential ingredients of collective health and personal fulfillment, and to ask what we owe one another as neighbors and citizens. This feels more consequential to me than the horse races, outrage, and gossip that so often define the media landscape."

The conversations we can have with each other are not about telling people what to think, but by creating more places to think together. More opportunities to explore the essential ingredients of collective health and personal fulfillment, and to ask what we owe one another as neighbors and citizens

28/09/2026

Journalism is one way we build connections, and one way we begin to imagine — and make possible — a world in which every life is affordable, every voice matters, and every person has a place in the circle of care.

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https://www.womenspress.com/publishers-commentary-on-world-news-day-why-our-feminist-media-platform-exists/




Violence Free Minnesota

Today is World News Day, which coincides with the United Nations International Day for Universal Access to Information. More than a thousand newsrooms from more than 100 countries are today pointing out the value of a free press, including Minnesota Women's Press. Here is our essay on the subject.

27/09/2026

Have you seen who is in the 2026-27 women's directory?

Leaders of Today and Tomorrow is a professional development program that focuses on empowering aspiring women leaders to develop their potential to be leaders professionally, personally, in their communities, and beyond.

26/09/2026

Find all of our print issues as PDFS in one place

For 2025 coverage, Minnesota Women’s Press earned a community leadership award, three photography awards, and four editorial awards, including for coverage of social issues and for our Spring 2025 “Know Your Rights” special section supported by Unidos MN. Our publisher was named Journalist of ...

25/09/2026

“I think [Hegseth's] mandate is based on the belief that women can’t meet men’s fitness standards within combat arms." According to Marine Corps data, 91.38 percent of women and 96.53 percent of men in combat arms who have taken the test since January have met or exceeded that threshold.

“I think [Hegseth's] mandate is based on the belief that women can’t meet men’s fitness standards within combat arms." According to Marine Corps data, 91.38 percent of women and 96.53 percent of men in combat arms who have taken the test since January have met or exceeded that threshold.