Gender, Race & Place in Minnesota

Using a gender-race-place-equity lens to explore the causal factors behind inequality in our home state of Minnesota.

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Building A New Table for Community Research

It’s not enough to invite impacted communities to the table, community research requires building a new table. The researchers behind the Minnesota Missing and Murdered African-American Women Task Force provide a model.

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Gender, Race & Place in MN, Health, Immigration & Refugees

Immigration Status: A Political Determinant of Health

Foreign-born Minnesotans—particularly men—were twice as likely to die from COVID in 2020.

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Criminal Legal System, Gender, Race & Place in MN, Violence

Confronting Crime and Criminalization: Race, Gender and Policing in Minneapolis

Women of color are more likely to experience gender-based violence and fear of contacting the police for help.

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Even Before the Pandemic, Child Care Finances Were Broken

Child care is too expensive, while providers are underpaid. We need sustained public investment to fix both problems.

Gender, Race & Place in MN, Labor, Family & Economic Security, Leadership, Representation & Civil Rights

Women’s Arduous Climb Up the Corporate Ladder

Companies with women among the top executives outperform their peers. So why is the gender gap in corporate leadership still so large?

Gender, Race & Place in MN, Labor, Family & Economic Security

What Causes the Wage Gap?

Unequal gender norms and racial disparities take root before women get to the workplace.

Gender, Race & Place in MN, Health, Labor, Family & Economic Security

The COVID Crisis Demands Upstream Solutions

The pandemic has laid bare the racial and gender disparities of our social priorities.

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Criminal Legal System, Gender, Race & Place in MN

Survivors Deserve a Clean Slate

Criminal expungement is legal in Minnesota. Here’s how to make it actually work.

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Gender, Race & Place in MN, Health

Minnesota’s Native Communities Deserve Investments in Prenatal Care

Native American women in Minnesota are almost eight times more likely die from a pregnancy-related complication than white women.

Gender, Race & Place in MN, Violence

The Persistence of Sexual Violence in Minnesota

Sexual violence is deeply entrenched and rooted in racial and economic inequalities. Ending it will require social, cultural, and political change.

Gender, Race & Place in MN, Leadership, Representation & Civil Rights

Black Women Candidates Answer the Call for Change

As Minnesota and the nation reckon with racial injustice, Black women candidates are poised to speak on behalf of communities that are too often neglected, silenced, and ignored.

Gender, Race & Place in Minnesota

Building A New Table for Community Research

Immigration Status: A Political Determinant of Health

Confronting Crime and Criminalization: Race, Gender and Policing in Minneapolis

Even Before the Pandemic, Child Care Finances Were Broken

Women’s Arduous Climb Up the Corporate Ladder

What Causes the Wage Gap?

The COVID Crisis Demands Upstream Solutions

Survivors Deserve a Clean Slate

Minnesota’s Native Communities Deserve Investments in Prenatal Care

The Persistence of Sexual Violence in Minnesota

Black Women Candidates Answer the Call for Change

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