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A Call to Justice
July 29, 2016
We don’t have a Justice System, we have a crime and punishment system. One that protects the profits and property of the wealthy, and divides and controls the rest of
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Representative Rena Moran and Maria Regan Gonzalez
We’ve been witnessing heartbreaking violence on the news lately. The discussion around race has taken over – at the water cooler, at our dinner tables, and in our door knocking
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Philando Castile
This is a statement we’ve put together as the TakeAction staff. This week, this month, and this year have been incredibly painful and challenging for our country. All of us
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Meet Abena and our newly endorsed slate of candidates
Hi Friends!My name is Abena Abraham, and I just recently joined the TakeAction Minnesota family, as the Elections Coordinator. In my role, I’m going to help lead our elections programs.
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It hurts us all
My name is Ben Whalen. I’m a white guy who grew up middle class from the suburbs. I’ve lived a fairly privilege life. For a long time, I was ignorant
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The First Earned Sick Time Win in Minnesota
We did it! Driven by the leadership of workers, we won earned sick and safe time in Minneapolis for more than 123,000 people. From now on, all workers will be
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Session is Over…
Session is over, and for the past nine weeks, J4A Leaders set out to change who decides and who benefits. We put in hours of volunteer work, we told our
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“If they come for me in the morning…”
Angela Davis said “If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you at night.” A reminder that none of us are safe from systems steeped in
