Oil is a necessary, albeit environmentally toxic, resource needed to maintain our current way of life, yet its place at the heart of our economy is coming to an end. Oil and natural gas currently comprise 80% of our energy supply, yet experts say that we need to get down…

For a Native Chef, Feeding Elders Revives Old Traditions and Builds New Ones For Diné chef Brian Yazzie of the Navajo Nation, providing Native elders with indigenous meals is more than a service; it’s the restoration of community through food. Brian Yazzie is the executive chef at Gatherings Cafe, housed in the American Indian Center in Minneapolis. When I spoke with him over…

Despite legal interventions challenging the legitimacy and safety of Enbridge’s Line 3, oil pipeline construction is advancing in northern Minnesota, causing immediate environmental impacts to waterways and the death of one pipeline worker. …

Brushing teeth, prepping food, helping with mobility and transportation- these are all activities that caregivers clients with. Caregivers work with people to complete daily living tasks and also stay connected to the broader community. Professionally, their titles include personal care assistant, homemaker, and certified nursing assistant among others, with care…

Twitter is a behemoth for information. It’s a constantly updating archive of public opinion, links to stories, and up to the minute updates about what’s happening right now everywhere with over +500 million tweets sent each day, according to social media wizard, LuisMiguelEchegaray. A tweet on its own is like…

Choosing a Community I just became a grad school student five weeks ago after going back and forth on if I could do it. I’m here, and as part of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism’s Social J Program, we’re tasked with choosing a community to forge enduring bonds…

Five women organizers who’ve been coordinating care and safety at the George Floyd Memorial held a “People’s Press Conference ” to announce demands they’ve submitted to Mayor Jacob Frey and the Minneapolis City Council in resistance to the reopening of the intersection of Chicago Ave. and 38th St initially planned…

When talking about traveling to Houston, people respond in a bemused or incredulous way. Really?… Houston? Even a Texan I met before departing recommended every other place besides America’s fourth largest city, saying: Dallas is the place for tech jobs, San Antonio for food, and Austin for everything else. But…

Draped on the entrance to Noonies Famous Jerk and Things is a Jamaican flag and just above is a sign beckoning the tropics; it’s a Wednesday, I can’t feel my toes, and this just might be the warmth I need to get through this week’s chilling cold. True to theme…