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cathARTsis: imagining a world without student debt
February 16, 2022
Words alone have not affected Biden’s stance or the media’s narrative on student debt cancellation. Despite reading and hearing first-hand accounts from student debtors, Biden remains unfazed and vows to
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cathARTsis: Artists depict the impact of student debt — and what it would mean to cancel it — in a digital exhibition
In December 2021, TakeAction’s Student Debt Cancellation Crew opened a call for art to show the contrast between a country with $1.8 trillion of student loan debt and what would
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This Week in Action: The TakeAction News Digest
Dear Friends, I’m writing today heartbroken for Amir Locke’s loved ones, and for our city. Amir was 22-year-old Black man, an entrepreneur, and Door Dash driver, getting ready to move
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We demand accountability, transparency, and justice.
In Minnesota, we don’t need any more traumatic reminders that our public safety systems don’t work. Like Jamar Clark, Thurman Blevins, Philando Castille, George Floyd, Dolal Idd, Daunte Wright, and Winston Smith, Amir Locke and Jahmari Rice should be alive today – but we know that our systems of policing and public safety were never designed to protect them or keep them safe. When a system is designed to maintain white supremacy through violent oppression, it can’t be fixed by propaganda or performative reforms.
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2022 Legislative Agenda
2022 Legislative Priorities At TakeAction Minnesota, we believe in a people-centered democracy that works for all of us. As we’ve seen through the COVID-19 crisis, no matter our race, income
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Our student loan payments would have restarted this week
Our student loan payments would have restarted this week if President Biden hadn’t extended the moratorium. The extension is a good thing, BUT deferment is still set to end in
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Bienniums, Budgets & Bonding: What We’re Excited about in 2022
The State of Minnesota’s budget process operates on a two-year cycle, also called a biennium. A biennium begins in odd-numbered years, which is when the governor releases their budget. Once
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Busy Voter’s Guide to Caucuses
Going to your caucuses and becoming a convention delegate are critically important steps to electing candidates who are ready to take on the status quo and co-govern with us for the just, joyful future we know is possible.
