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January 17, 2013

Doug Williams, Fix the Senate Now

An important campaign that many Minnesotans don’t even know about is rapidly coming to a conclusion. The vote is likely going to take place early next week, if it happens

November 14, 2012

Elizabeth Lienesch, Saying Yes to a Healthier Minnesota

Throughout the summer and fall, TakeAction health care team members pounded the pavement and called thousands of voters, asking them to vote no on November 6th. Last week, we saw

November 14, 2012

Organizational Member Spotlight: OutFront Minnesota Makes History

Eighteen months ago, TakeAction Minnesota organizational member OutFront Minnesota joined Project 515 to launch Minnesotans United for All Families, the campaign to defeat the amendment. Together, they built the largest

November 14, 2012

Chris Conry, Saying yes to a fair tax system and a popular economy

Last Tuesday our political system moved one step closer to representing America’s emerging majority. Our political system improves when our electorate more closely matches our population.  In other words, when

November 14, 2012

Liz Loeb, No Going Back

When I was 11 years old, a teacher from another classroom decided that the whole school needed to have assigned seats in the lunchroom. We weren’t asked about it, we

November 12, 2012

Justin Terrell, Saying YES to Ending our Racial Jobs Gap

On Monday morning, November 5th, Arthur Cunningham was working on his resume in the computer lab next to the TakeAction Minnesota Northside “Get out the Vote” Action Center. Arthur is

October 30, 2012

Chris Conry, Your Vote or Your Job? A New Low in Corporate Electioneering

SuperPACs are old news.  As we near November 6th, the trendsetters in corporate electioneering are drafting a disturbing new tool: a letter from the boss.  A growing number of C.E.O.s