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DEMOCRACY & POLITICS

From ethnic studies to healthcare, Minnesota lawmakers of color played pivotal roles in advancing policy

by Becky Z. Dernbach, Hibah Ansari, Katelyn Vue, Alfonzo Galvan and Andrew Hazzard May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

The session featured the most diverse Legislature in state history, with 35 lawmakers of color.

Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan lights sage inside of an abalone shell on March 9, 2023, and offers community members to smudge while a community member sang a Dakota prayer song. Flanagan met with local lawmakers and community members before the state House's vote on the Minnesota Indian Family Preservation Act.

Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan on combatting the opioid crisis, and the role of culturally specific care

by Abdirahman Mohamed May 1, 2023May 1, 2023

Rep. John Thompson at the Truce Center, where he frequently volunteers, in St. Paul, MN on Aug. 9 2022.

DEMOCRACY & POLITICS

Minnesota Representative John Thompson: The exit interview

by Noor Adwan August 14, 2022August 15, 2022

Peggy Flanagan hails $1.3 million investment to teach K–12 students the ‘full true history’ of Minnesota’s Indigenous people.

by Becky Z. Dernbach October 8, 2021October 8, 2021