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Jess Alexander, If You Aren’t Angry, You Aren’t Making History
October 16, 2011
After a powerful week of direct actions, Friday, October 14th was the big march. Those of us working to pull it off were very excited as we prepared to go
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Jess Alexander, Community Voices Get Heard
Everybody has something to say about what’s wrong and how everything is messed up. But most of the time we don’t get heard — we just complain, and nobody listens.
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Judi Sateren, People vs. Big Banks
Today I joined over 300 people marching from Government Plaza to the lobby of Wells Fargo because I won’t be silent while Minnesotans are denied health care by HMOs holding
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Jess Alexander, Making Big Banks Listen
Everyone is worried about the economy. There are not enough jobs, people are broke, and corporations are holding onto to much wealth for things to improve. We’re mad about it.
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Dan McGrath, What’s It Going To Take?
Here are three facts about our economy that make me mad. Fact #1: The median wage for American workers have barely increased in 30 years. As prices rise and consumer
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Dan McGrath, Who Should Win?
From the Arab spring to the protests over union rights in Wisconsin, and from Minnesota’s state government shutdown to the debt ceiling debate, 2011 stands out as a year where
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Sarah Greenfield, Super Heroes, Super Villains, Super Congress
What do super-heroes, super-villains, and the Super Committee have in common? Complicated origin stories, huge ambitions, and the future in their hands. Oh – and a good bit of secrecy.
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Elizabeth Lienesch, Tax Wall Street
Leaders and staff from TakeAction were proud to join members of the Minnesota Nurses Association at the fair yesterday evening to tell Minnesota’s Congressional Delegation to “Tax Wall Street to
