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Trump at 87 Days and 7 Years

On April 19th, 2017, Donald Trump had been president for 87 days. His campaign had been prologue for his Presidency, which was prologue for…

25 min readApr 17, 2024

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Socialized To Be White

We white people are socialized into our whiteness. I’m not an expert on identity formation, but I do know this: even though it happens very…

6 min readOct 4, 2022

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A Crucial Trick Of Whiteness

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…

4 min readAug 3, 2022

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Whiteness, White People, and Love; or, What I Learned from Thor: Ragnarok

When I left Minneapolis City Hall in 2018, I was exhausted from a tumultuous term as mayor and broken-hearted that I had lost re-election…

10 min readJun 23, 2022

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Whiteness: The Question

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…

7 min readMay 11, 2022

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Whiteness: Proposition Three

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…

6 min readApr 4, 2022

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Whiteness: Proposition Two

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…

10 min readMar 9, 2022

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Whiteness: Proposition One

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…

7 min readFeb 24, 2022

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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…

10 min readOct 5, 2018

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Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges: ‘When I Started Taking Better Care of Myself, I Became Easier to…

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…

6 min readNov 30, 2016

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Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges: ‘When I Started Taking Better Care of Myself, I Became Easier to…

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Betsy Hodges

Betsy Hodges

Speaker|Writer|Advisor. Former Mayor of Minneapolis. Grateful for recovery. Also, cats. Website: betsyhodges.com Representation: info@serendipitylit.com

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