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Jane Booth-Tobin, Why is the Legislature Wasting our Time on Hate?
May 17, 2011
Today I joined over 600 Minnesotans in the middle of the workday to rally against the anti-marriage amendment at the Capitol. African-American Lobby Day was going on just below us
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Steve Rogness, Thanks Taxes!
On Tax Day this year, I have been thinking about all that I have to thank taxes for, and the list is long. Thanks to taxes, I got a great
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Liz Loeb, Reclaiming Our History: Fair Hiring, Criminal Records, and a Legacy of Discrimination
Not every gets a fair chance in Minnesota. We pride ourselves on being good neighbors and good community members, but we still live in a state that doesn’t really offer
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Liz Loeb, Still Not Funny
Last week, Victori Vu’s response to the KDWB song “30 Hmongs in a House,” And You Thought That Was Funny? appeared on this blog. The lyrics of the song were
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Ann Marie Metzger, The Fight Goes On!
When TakeAction Minnesota’s Together for Health Care team launched our campaign on February 26th, one of our goals was to highlight ways that HMOs and private insurance companies are profiting
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Chong Lee, Hmong History in the SPPS
In 2009, I joined the Hmong Organizing Program at TakeAction Minnesota. I took on the role as the secretary in the Hmong Education Committee. That year the education committee launched
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Victori Vu, And They Thought That Was Funny?
Growing up, I used to be a KDWB listener. I’d tune in every morning as it kept me company on my drive from home to college every day. I was
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Meredith Webb, The Money Is There, We Need It For Care!
Today I joined other TakeAction activists to visit the offices of the Minnesota Council of Health Plans, a group that represents HMOs in Minnesota. We wanted to speak with them
