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This Week in Action: The TakeAction News Digest
May 1, 2020
Dear {{FirstName or ‘friend’}}, Happy International Workers’ Day! May Day as a workers’ holiday was born in 1886 in Chicago when 40,000 workers – largely immigrants – went on strike
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This Week in Action: The TakeAction News Digest
Dear friend, As you probably know, we soft-launched our 100 Days of Justice, Joy & Solidaritycampaign a couple weeks ago in response to COVID-19 after surveying our members. We’re continuing
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“The Best Lobbyists Money Can Buy:” Insulin, prescription drug prices, and democracy
No matter who we are, what we look like, or how much money we have, every person deserves access to affordable medicine. Whether it’s a vaccine or treatment for COVID-19, insulin, or chemotherapy, we’re all at risk when we can’t get the medicine we need.
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This Week in Action: The TakeAction News Digest
Dear Friends,
As we write this, a hundred or so Minnesotans are rallying outside the Governor’s residence, echoing calls from Trump to open the state and prolong the pandemic by spreading COVID-19 further.
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Uncovering the Value of Reproductive Labor
Reproductive Labor, as defined by Mignon Duffy in “Doing the Dirty Work: Gender, Race, and Reproductive Labor in Historical Perspective” (2007):
· Work that maintains daily life (physical or mental health, food preparation and service, cleaning, personal care) or
· Work that reproduces the next generation (care of children and youth)
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This Week in Action: The TakeAction News Digest
One thing we’ve learned in the last month is just how lonely a global pandemic can feel. We’re all living through the same catastrophe, but it’s easy to feel trapped,
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Making the Road as We Walk, Together
It didn’t have to be this way, and we are showing another way. In the face of so much hate and incompetence we, the people are leading. And some of our elected officials – our people – are leading too.
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This Week in Action: The TakeAction News Digest
Dear friend, One thing we’ve noticed during this pandemic is how truly adaptable we are as human beings. Individually and collectively we’ve been able to change quickly to fit the
