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Activists work behind the scenes at City Hall to influence the future of public safety in Minneapolis Activists work behind the scenes at City Hall to influence the future of public safety in Minneapolis More than 2,000 pages of e-mails provide a window into the extent to which outside groups are seeking to influence policing proposals.  June 26, 2021 — 3:53pm Text size Copy shortlink: The first Minneapolis election campaign since the death of George Floyd is dominated by questions over the future of publi...

By Austin City Council Member Greg Casar and Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis GOP lawmakers are once again attacking local communities like Harris County and Austin for daring to pursue local policies that address local concerns. They are interfering with our efforts to tackle homelessness, support mothers fleeing domestic violence, and address the public and mental health crisis amplified by the pandemic. By way of several local budget control bills, our state officials are threatening to pull state funding to critical social services, turn local police departments into state-controll...

Francesca Menes was hand-picked by destiny to lead a movement started by Ella Baker and echoed by Fannie Lou Hamer. Two decades earlier, a very young Menes stood amidst a crowd of protestors with her mother at a rally in Little Haiti, barely able to utter a phrase in English and bewildered by her community calling for stability in their homeland, during the time Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti’s first democratically elected president, had been ousted. When you embrace this work, activism seeps into your soul. Now 35, Menes stands as a devoted immigration activist and political educator who...

Don’t Blame “Defund” We haven’t seen much to suggest that last summer’s uprising pushed persuadable voters to the Republican Party. And in a number of states, the protests ignited voter registration efforts that directly helped Democratic candidates. Outside a burned Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta during protests over the killing of Rayshard Brooks on June 15, 2020 (Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images) On May 28, 2020, after three days of anger over the murder of George Floyd, the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct burned down...

The Number Of Democratic Socialists In The House Will Soon Double. But The Movement Scored Its Biggest Victories Down Ballot The resurgence of democratic socialism has occurred during a period of growing activism against widening inequality, persistent racism and looming environmental disaster. WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 11: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks during a town hall hosted by the NAACP on September 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. Also pictured is Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). The congresswome... WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTE...