If there was one message that Angela Glover Blackwell and several local leaders wanted to stress Wednesday at a forum on race and equity in the Twin Cities, it was
Metro area janitors say contract fight is about more than pay
Sonia Cortez works 40 hours a week cleaning offices, restaurants and recycling plants for St. Paul-based Marsden Building Maintenance at just below $15 an hour. But it’s still not enough
For MinnesotaCare, a death warrant or a new lease on life?
Roberta Brown considers herself a member of the “disappearing middle class” — a marketing consultant with a successful small business who nonetheless finds the cost of health care increasingly beyond
TakeAction Minnesota Statement on Health Care Finance Task Force Recommendations
For Immediate Release — January 15, 2016Contact: Greta Bergstrom, 651.336.6722, greta@takeactionminnesota.org MNCare Restoration to 275%, Repeal of Provider Tax Sunset, Undocumented Coverage Extension Critical Advances for Minnesota Families St. Paul,
Ellison, city leaders advocate for Working Families Agenda
Minnesota’s low-wage workers are stretched thin in part because of low wages, pay gaps and wage theft, panelists said Tuesday at a forum hosted by Congressmen Keith Ellison and Bobby
“Is it too much for me to ask for my receipt?”
Last week the Justice 4 All Program was supportive of an event at Lino Lakes led by a group of incarcerated men called the B.R.I.D.G.E Trust. This group is led
Caregiving Resources – My Experience
By Jerry Kahlert. When we first started talking to Willmar and area residents about care and care-giving for the elderly, several adult children said they were sometimes at a loss
Panel hears from both sides for easing drug-crime sentences
A Minnesota commission has heard both support and concern for easing the penalties for possession and drug dealing ahead of an impending vote on drug-sentencing changes. The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines
Changing the Story
2015 has been a full year. Personally, the biggest moment was August 22nd when my wife Teresa and I welcomed our third child into the world, baby Joseph. I’m now
Statement on the shooting death of Jamar Clark
For Immediate Release: November 20, 2015Contact: Greta Bergstrom, 651.336.6722, greta@takeactionminnesota.org TakeAction Minnesota Statement on the Shooting Death of Jamar Clark and the Ongoing Demonstrations Led By Black Lives Matter St.
