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Coalition launches petition to replace Minneapolis Police Department
February 14, 2021
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
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The Best Way to Beat Trumpism? Talk Less, Listen More
Elianne Farhat, the executive director or TakeAction Minnesota, put it this way: “For too long our politics have been run by fancy consultants on the coasts narrowing our politics down
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Battle for Minnesota Senate could shift balance of power at the state Legislature
Kenza Hadj-Moussa, a progressive organizer with TakeAction Minnesota, said supporters are “all hands on deck” through Election Day. “Stakes were high even before the pandemic struck, but there’s been such
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Minneapolis Will Dismantle Its Police Force, Council Members Pledge
After the accusations of police brutality through the years, the failed past attempts at reform and then the horrific footage of Mr. Floyd’s killing — as well as the police response to protests that has included rubber bullets and tear gas — major changes to policing in Minneapolis are now inevitable, said Kenza Hadj-Moussa, a spokeswoman for TakeAction Minnesota, an advocacy group.
“No one feels safe calling the police, period,” she said. “They’re not doing their basic function of public safety.”
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George Floyd’s Death Resurfaces Amy Klobuchar’s Tough-On-Crime, Easy-On-Cops Record
Klobuchar’s actions as a prosecutor caused trauma that’s been long-lasting. With everything that’s happened in Minneapolis and across the country, Klobuchar would put Biden at even more of a disadvantage
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What people are saying about Minnesota’s projected budget deficit
A coalition that includes TakeAction Minnesota, SEIU MN State Council, ISAIAH, the Minnesota Nurses Association, OutFront and other progressive groups called for tax increases for the wealthy, saying “the choices we make now
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Walz administration asks activists to back off on calls for a rent strike in Minnesota
Among the political and labor organizations supporting rent cancellation, if not a rent strike, are TakeAction Minnesota and the Service Employees International Union. The majorities of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and
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As coronavirus spreads in Minnesota, it exposes racial inequalities
“One of the biggest challenges in front of us is that there are no simple answers, and the reason that we continue to have disparate outcomes across race in our
