Sometimes it S n o w s in A p r i l
"The snow f e l l like a miffed god took bites of cumulus clouds—spat them down / from heaven, o n t o my Midwest."
What’s Next for Public Safety in Minneapolis?
Inside the push to transform the department that killed George Floyd.
A History of the Pride Flag in My Doorway
Notes on living and moving as an out queer person in the Rust Belt.
Solidarity, Trauma, and a Moment of Relief in Minneapolis
Snapshots from the streets of Minnesota, where the fight is far from over.
Will Minneapolis’s Upper Harbor Terminal Project Be Good for Its Neighbors?
The city wants to develop public land in a majority-Black neighborhood. What would equitable development look like?
#NoCopAcademy and the Movement to Defund the Police
How youth organizers in Chicago laid the groundwork for contemporary calls to defund the police.
What Happened — and is Happening — in Minneapolis
Since George Floyd was killed by the Minneapolis Police Department, two months ago, “[The city] has had to confront its ugliness.”
Remembering David Cornelius Smith
Nearly ten years before the killing of George Floyd, officers from the Minneapolis Police Department suffocated another Black man to death.
Protest and Power
Scenes from a moment of reckoning.
Coming Into a Black Woman’s Anger
On Audre Lorde and Minnesota Nice.
Racism, Rebellion, and Police Violence in the Midwest
Stories on the long history of racism and police violence in the Midwest—and what to do about it.