Community
Response to May 2020 Interim Budget Projection
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Minnesota’s budget and economic outlook has significantly worsened since the coronavirus pandemic. A deficit of $2.426 billion is now projected for the current biennium
Commentary
On Workers Memorial Day and International Workers Day
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‘No Matter How Much We Flatten The Curve These Workers Are Most at Risk.’
COVID-19
Tensions Escalate Over a Proposed Bonding Bill
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Bonding Bill is being held up by House Minority Leader Daudt
Community
A Leaked CDC Document Projects Increased COVID-19 Deaths
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According to a CDC document COVID Deaths Projected To Increase To 3,000 Per Day By June 1
Media
International Workers Day 2020
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Organizers called on US Bank, Governor Tim Walz and the Minnesotan Legislature to suspend rents, mortgages and guarantee safe shelter for everyone without accumulation of any new debt during the COVID-19 crisis
Audio
Pandemic, protests and profits
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Protesters around the country are pushing to loosen stay-at-home orders, even though health experts say that could lead to a spike in coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, some Amazon workers say not enough is being done to protect them.
COVID-19
‘Drive-Through for Justice’ Car Rally
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This morning in Roseville, Caribou Coffee workers and supporters organized by ROC Minnesota, staged a car rally in the drive-through lane
Amazon
50+ Amazon Workers Walk Out in Shakopee
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Following news of another firing and the revelation of two positive cases of COVID-19, more than 50 Shakopee Amazon fulfillment workers walked off the job just after midnight Sunday morning.
On Campus
Unprecedented Changes Coming to MN State Moorhead
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Faculty and staff at MN State Moorhead are bracing for massive and unprecedented potential layoffs leading to the closure and reduction of departments, primarily in the humanities.
Audio
The cost of COVID-19
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With millions of people unemployed because of the coronavirus, Reveal’s Aaron Glantz looks at how the economic fallout is affecting homeowners and renters – and whether this crisis could end with people losing the very homes they’re forced to isolate themselves in.