University of St. Thomas associate professor Heather Shirey is aware most of her students walk into her art history class thinking it’s all about… Read More

The iconic George Floyd mural resides on the intersection of 38th and Chicago in Minneapolis. Floyd is engulfed in hues of blue, orange and yellow… Read More

Jules Porter’s grandparents have been two of her biggest influences. Her grandfather always told her, “Anything man can conceive, you can achieve.”   Maybe she hasn’t… Read More

Using video games as her medium, Minnesota entrepreneur Jules Porter is continuing her mission to transform the video game industry from within. Porter is currently… Read More

The clamorous clanks of a spray-paint canister at late hours in the night may sound like vandalism; but to artists and protesters, they sound like… Read More

As humans, we tend to dwell on painful experiences. In fact, we often remember experiences in which we were hurt longer than we remember good… Read More

Kat Curtis’ 1.5 million TikTok followers (as of July 2020) are certainly familiar with her weird food combos (most recently Ramen and Sour Patch Kids),… Read More

As protests swept through a south Minneapolis neighborhood, flames and destruction found their way to the home of Native American nonprofit MIGIZI. The organization’s 2-year-old… Read More

There’s a scene from the classic TV show “Little House on The Prairie” where Pa Ingalls describes Indigenous people scouring the land “like wild animals.”… Read More

Food is a source of energy we need in order to get through our day. People have been more in need of food since the… Read More

Kimberly Rockman encourages everyone to participate in a food forestry initiative: “When (people) recognize that power within themselves, that they are changemakers, that they are… Read More

As a 19-year-old environmental studies student, Kim Rockman was diagnosed with a disease called chronic fatigue syndrome. For two years, she had been thinking about… Read More