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Justin Terrell, Defeating Voter Restriction & Closing the Racial Jobs Gap
September 11, 2012
Minnesota is home to over 1 million citizens with criminal backgrounds. Many of them are low level offenders and a disproportionate rate of the incarcerated are people of color. When
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Chris Conry, Leaving Behind the Aristocracy
America’s founders disagreed about many things, but were united by one desire: they wished to leave behind the aristocratic form of government they’d experienced as a colony of Great Britain.
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Chris Conry, Why You Pay More Taxes Than The 1%
Our current tax system is slanted in favor of the super-rich. That’s the basic judgment that Warren Buffett made when he recently pushed to make billionaires pay a tax rate
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Liz Doyle, Covering All Kids
As many of you know, TakeAction Minnesota led the successful grassroots and legislative campaign in 2009 to expand public health coverage to thousands of Minnesota children. Good news: this important law
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Chris Conry, Breaking Down the Bush Tax Cuts
Our Congress is preparing to vote again on the Bush Tax Cuts. After a two year extension the cuts are set to expire on December 31, 2012. When paired with
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Justin Terrell, Closing Our Worst-in-the-Nation Racial Jobs Gap
According to a new study released by the Economic Policy Institute, the Twin Cities, again, has the nation’s highest level of racial disparity in unemployment. Two years ago, the EPI
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Liz Doyle, Celebrating a Tremendous Victory While Looking Forward
Earlier today, the Supreme Court ended the debate over the Affordable Care Act and ruled conclusively that Obamacare is constitutional and here to stay. With the Supreme Court hurdle now
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Abby Schanfield, Women’s Health at the White House
Recently, I was invited to attend a townhall on women’s health and the Affordable Care Act hosted by the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services. Some
