The Weaponization of the Charter Concept

I love the idea of charter schools, and I love that many charter schools have stayed true to that idea. Schools designed by teachers to innovate, experiment, and share their findings with the rest of the world? Yes, please! Many charter schools live up to this idea. Some take on…

Big Banks Short on Friends in the Legislature (at least in public)

One of the maddening things about the foreclosure crisis for housing activists is how simple it would be for banks to resolve many of the cases that end in eviction.  Community organizations have expended significant energy and taken dramatic actions defending homes from the banks one home at a time…

Top 10 Groups That Would “Own the Place” under Conservative Control

In the final hours of this year’s Legislative session, the Minnesota House approved a measure that gave in-home child-care providers and personal care attendants the right to vote for organizing. The victory drew applause from union members in the House gallery prompting Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington to angrily denounce the…