In 2021, Minnesota brass band Brass Solidarity was formed in response to the murder of George Floyd — and the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement. Their goal was simple: To bring people together to ...

“I’m pretty sure the sluts are gonna save us,” Instagram influencer Jess Olivia Fox said in a recent video. She is referring to the folks at Minneapolis sex shop Smitten Kitten, who have mobilized to ...

As the Trump administration’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown ramps up across Minnesota — especially following a deadly shooting of a bystander named Renee Nicole Good last week — locals ...

Next to the need for safe and supportive housing, people experiencing homelessness are also in desperate need of mental and behavioral healthcare. To bridge the gap, Albany County in New York is ...

In 2021, during the Biden administration, Congress created the Emergency Rental Assistance program to prevent evictions among low-income renters during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the period of ...

In Olivehurst, California, a town a bit north of Sacramento, a new “micro-community” of homes hopes to do it all: Resist climate change, provide affordable housing, and act as a blueprint to scale 3D ...

This year, Bronx high school teacher Alhassan Susso received $25,000 when he was honored with the FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence, a prize given to New York City teachers who inspire “learning ...

On Wednesday, after Immigration and Customs Enforcement descended upon Minnesota in its latest in a series of immigration raids, an ICE officer shot and killed a Minneapolis woman, 37-year-old Renee ...

A study from researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology uncovered an astounding truth: Every extra year of schooling — from primary school to university — lowers a person’s risk ...

You certainly don’t have to be a snowman named Olaf to like a warm hug. In fact, a recent study from researchers at Queen Mary University of London has found why exactly those hugs feel so good. It ...

One design firm in Kenya wants to make it even easier for Blind and visually impaired shoppers to style their clothes. Hisi Studio started as Angela Wanjiku’s senior project at the University of ...

Every year, the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication surveys a representative sample of Americans to gauge “top public worries” about climate change, policy, and general concerns among those ...