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KFAI morning radio show interviews Student Debt Cancellation Crew leader Megan on “cathARTsis”
February 21, 2022
Barb Abney and Mason Butler of KFAI interviewed Student Debt Cancellation Crew leader Megan Finegan about our cathARTsis event featuring art depicting the impacts of student debt. (Interview starts at 7:27)
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Over A Year After George Floyd’s Murder, Minneapolis Residents Organize To Expand Public Safety Housing Opportunity
Local elections are the basic building block of democracy, with residents having an opportunity to directly impact legislation that will impact their lives.
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State supreme court approves ballot question on Minneapolis police
“Lawsuits brought forward by Minneapolis residents who have personal, financial, and political ties to Mayor Jacob Frey were clearly never about the ballot language — they were about trying to
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Should the mayor of Minneapolis have more power? Here is everything you need to know about the strong-mayor amendment on the ballot this fall.
“People are kidding themselves if they think consolidating power away from underrepresented wards is more democratic,” said Kenza Hadj-Moussa, a spokesperson for TakeAction Minnesota.
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Minnesota Democrats clash over Minneapolis measure to overhaul police
The progressive political group TakeAction MN defended the measure and blasted Walz for failing to pass more meaningful police reform on the state level. “We deeply regret that [Walz] has
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Walz opposes Minneapolis ballot question to replace Police Department
TakeAction Minnesota, a statewide progressive group, issued a statement Thursday that Yes 4 Minneapolis wants to create “a new Department of Public Safety that includes licensed police officers, similar to
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Police reform charter proposition moves forward in Mpls.
Zavala, a TakeAction member and resident of the Loring Park neighborhood, added that Yes 4 Minneapolis has been doing “amazing work” for having conversations about what public safety “truly” means
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How much does money matter in Minneapolis council races?
“On the progressive side, raising money has never been the main focus in Minneapolis, or the key to winning,” said Kenza Hadj-Moussa, director of public affairs for TakeAction Minnesota. “It’s
