One of the great tricks whiteness has played on white Americans since the Civil Rights Movement is to convince us that racism is merely a feeling in white people’s hearts that is demonstrated by interpersonal actions. If we don’t feel open antipathy in our hearts toward Global Majority and Indigenous…

This is part of a series of pieces that explore what I have learned about whiteness, race, and human beings in the last 30 years. I am writing for readers, primarily white readers, who believe that racism exists and that it is bad, and I assume a basic level of…

This is part of a series of pieces that explore what I have learned about whiteness, race, and human beings in the last 30 years. I am writing for readers, primarily white readers, who believe that racism exists and that it is bad, and I assume a basic level of…

This is part of a series of pieces that explore what I have learned about whiteness, race, and human beings in the last 30 years. I am writing for readers, primarily white readers, who believe that racism exists and that it is bad, and I assume a basic level of…

This is part of a series of pieces that explore what I have learned about whiteness, race, and human beings in the last 30 years. I am writing for readers, primarily white readers, who believe that racism exists and that it is bad, and I assume a basic level of…

Without Reservation, We Support Keith Ellison We are women and gender nonconforming who are longtime progressives and DFLers who, like many Minnesotans, have been troubled by the accusations of abuse that Rep. Keith Ellison’s former partner of six years, Karen Monahan, has made against him. Like many women, some of…

My name is Betsy Hodges, I am the mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and I take care of myself. I sleep, I exercise, I drink water, I stay in touch with people who love me and whom I love, and sometimes I take time off from work. Just writing that feels…