Tag: People
How Minnesota TikTok Creators Found Huge Audiences
Locals use app-of-the-moment TikTok to challenge the status quo, provide COVID edu-tainment, and, well...dance
Champions of Change in Minnesota: Octavia Smith
The Minnesota Freedom Fund board president saw rapid and exponential growth amidst a trying 2020
Champions of Change in Minnesota: Andrea Jenkins
The Vice President of the Minneapolis City Council can feel the world’s weight on her shoulders
Champions of Change in Minnesota: Yao Yaj
Heading up the Minnesota Hmong Chamber of Commerce, Yaj is keeping Hmong businesses in the conversation
Mrs. Minnesota Is Going From Stage to Streets
Jessica Koehler shares her personal story as a pageant contestant, parent to kids with PTSD, and mentor with Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge
22 Champions of Change in Minnesota
A deeper look at artists, leaders, farmers, and more fighting for equity, progress, and community
This U of M Brain Science “Genius” Has Justice on His Mind
Beyond Dr. Damien Fair's groundbreaking ADHD and autism findings, he's fighting racism in academia and getting real on Twitter
Just the Pill Provides Mobile Family Medicine Across Minnesota
A family physician’s clinic expands access to abortion and other services to rural parts of the state
This Minnesotan Made a T-shirt to Help Americans Get Along
Andy Frye’s self-designed tee appeared in the New York Times—and now he’s trying to fix the country
V.T. Bidania’s Hmong-Focused Kids’ Books Make Diversity the Subtext
The characters are Hmong, but the stories are for everyone, says the author of St. Paul-based “Astrid & Apollo” series