In the shadow of federal layoffs, President Donald Trump’s administration has inadvertently revealed that budgets are not neutral. Rather, public budgets are moral documents that expose our polity’s deepest priorities and…
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Click here for more.Last week, Target, Cargill and General Mills joined 60 other Minneapolis-based companies in an open letter calling for “deescalation” of the violence in their home state tied to U.S. immigration…
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Click here for more.Winter in Minnesota is notoriously harsh, lasting until mid-spring and marked by below-freezing temperatures, heavy snowfall, and intense winds. It is a common misconception that survival requires either hibernation or…
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If you are looking for ways to support community organizing in the Twin Cities and broader Minnesota area, please consider the following list of resources and mutual aid. Support Community…
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Click here for more.This Black Futures Month, we’re honoring the legacy and lessons of those who laid blueprints for liberation that are as relevant as ever. For generations, Black organizers have responded to systemic…
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Click here for more.What would you do if U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement descended on your small town? Residents of Willmar, a rural Minnesota town, are working on an answer. The town might…
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Click here for more.Minnesota’s long-standing culture of ‘mutual aid’ and community philanthropy has kicked in, as it fights back against brutal violence unleashed by armed federal agents in the US described as indicative…
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I had the privilege of being in Belém for both COP30 and The People’s Summit, where so much of the world’s attention and expectation hinged on what would unfold inside…
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Click here for more.“This will be the day when we bring into full realization the American dream—a dream yet unfulfilled.” When Dr. King spoke these words to organized labor in 1961, he was naming an explicit…
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Click here for more.As the nation marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the real question is not how loudly we celebrate — but whether we are willing to live by the values Dr.…
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There’s no sugarcoating it: this year was not without a commotion for trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people nationwide, but there remains the opportunity to foster trans joy going forward in…
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Ten years ago, Borealis Philanthropy launched its very first fund for intersectional movements—the Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color (ELLC) Fund—to help fill a gap in philanthropic funding and resource grassroots…