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With 9,000 signatures in hand, St. Paul housing advocates campaign for rent control
June 15, 2021
Bahieh Hartshorn, a 27-year-old resident of St. Paul’s West Side, said she moved within the city three times in three years after graduating college because she couldn’t afford annual rent
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Nearly 250 People Arrested in Line 3 Pipeline Protest
Another protest against the pipeline is scheduled Thursday in Minneapolis outside the office of Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar. The group TakeAction Minnesota says Klobuchar should pressure President Joe Biden to
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Community on edge as jury deliberates in Derek Chauvin trial
Kenza Hadj-Moussa, the public affairs director for TakeAction Minnesota, a statewide progressive organization, said she believes the tension is made “1,000 times worse” by the heavy military and law enforcement presence on Twin Cities streets in preparation for any violence.
“It’s just compounding the trauma, especially with what Black Minnesotans are going through right now,” she said. “A guilty verdict won’t bring justice, won’t bring a life back,” she continued. “But it’s what do we do after this? We do have agency, we do have power.”
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Minneapolis Activists Could Put Police Reform Directly on the Ballot
“Derek Chauvin and the officers who stood by Derek Chauvin while he killed George Floyd are part of an infrastructure that perpetuates a culture of violence and is operating totally unaccountable to the public. It is our moral obligation as citizens, as neighbors to hold that system and infrastructure accountable and transform that system into one that doesn’t do harm and damage but actually keeps us safe.”
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Minnesota lawmakers introduce board to regulate drug prices
Travis Paulson, a lifelong Type 1 diabetic, said he found himself rationing insulin and other medications after losing his job and home during the 2008 financial crisis. Paulson, an advocate
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Petition campaign begins to put Minneapolis police overhaul on ballot
Yes 4 Minneapolis, a political committee, began collecting petition signatures to ask voters this November whether to replace the department with a new entity that would take a “comprehensive public health approach to safety.” A coalition of progressive groups, such as Reclaim the Block and TakeAction Minnesota, are part of the effort.
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Coalition launches petition to replace Minneapolis Police Department
Yes 4 Minneapolis — a coalition of groups including Reclaim the Block and TakeAction Minnesota — launched a petition drive Saturday in support of replacing the Minneapolis Police Department with a Department
