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September 9, 2020
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Building Power at the Polls: A Primary Election Round-Up
Hi community, Bahieh and Ash here from TakeAction’s political team. We’ve spent the past few months working in deep partnership with TakeAction members and leaders to elect our endorsed candidates.
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TakeAction-Endorsed Candidates Sweep Primary Races
Here’s the story from Minnesota’s primary yesterday: people-powered campaigns with bold visions won. Across the state, voters in DFL primaries backed candidates who will fight for Medicare for All and
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A Matter of Survival: We Must Elect Black Women in 2020
My name is Amane. I was born in a rural village in Oromia, Ethiopia. As a child, forced into involuntary exile, my home became a refugee camp. I learned what
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St. Cloud: We can Create the World We Want to Live in.
I’ve been thinking a lot about my community lately. When I arrived in St. Cloud in 2014, I was pulled into this community through local elections and engagement. Those three
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Senator Smith Introduces Make Medications Affordable by Preventing Pandemic Price-gouging Act in the Senate
No matter our age, race, or zip code, everyone deserves access to affordable medicine. Life and health should not be for sale.
As the entire world waits for an effective COVID-19 vaccine, we recognize that access and distribution of the medicine will be one of the country’s biggest ethical challenges. Pharmaceutical corporations, as we know, have no issue price-gouging life saving medicine developed with public funding.
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People-Centered Governance in Action
At TakeAction, we believe that we figure it out together. We’re stronger when we all bring our gifts and abilities to the table and dig in to make our communities
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Life and health should not be for sale
While I was out, the news broke that Big Pharma is suing to block the Alec Smith Emergency Bill which took effect in Minnesota on July 1. For so many people fighting every day to afford their life saving medication, there is no such things as a break. No matter what, we will not back down.
