One of the best parts of my job as a community organizer with TakeAction MN is getting to know the hard working women of our state. Like Evelyn Pechous, she’s
From Labor Day to Lyndale Avenue: the New Movement to Lift Standards in Cities
By 9am on Tuesday, September 5th, 1882 New York’s City Hall was surrounded by rows of armed police officers both on foot and mounted on horseback. Assembled a full hour
Clinton pulls in big dollars in Minnesota, but state’s progressives are waiting to be convinced
Dan McGrath and his organization’s people are the shoe leather and the passion that could carry Hillary Clinton to victory here. McGrath’s progressive activist group, TakeAction Minnesota, has more than
Back to School Without Earned Sick Time
All summer long workers have been gathering together with Minneapolis City Council Members to talk about the difficult choices they make when they or their family members become sick. With
Our Women in Leadership Event: A Great Success!
Our Women in Leadership event held in Duluth was a huge success! Thanks to the over 60 community members and their families who shared their evening with us at our
Members named to new state Task Force on Health Care Financing
Gov. Mark Dayton today named 11 members to the newly-formed state Task Force on Health Care Financing, which will look the future of health care programs in Minnesota, including MNsure
Task force to review MinnesotaCare, MNsure takes shape
The chief executives at Allina Health System and a trade group for health insurers are among those named to a new state task force that will consider the future of
New State Budget Comes With Higher Costs for MinnesotaCare
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers kept MinnesotaCare intact but not without a cost that will trickle down to some of the more than 100,000 low-income residents on the
Enough of the individualistic rhetoric; the real causes of worker poverty are systemic
One of the defining features of American political culture is our commitment to individualism. We are individualists in at least two senses of the word. First, we support the rights
Hundreds march on Minneapolis City Hall for worker rights, higher wages
Hundreds of workers marched from the US Bancorp Center to Minneapolis City Hall Wednesday, calling on the City Council to support a citywide $15 minimum wage and guarantee workers paid
