Voting

SERIES: Talking About Public Safety With Two Minneapolis City Council Candidates

10/31/2023

"The oversight capacity of the City Council is going to really matter. I have a really strong value around police accountability, and talking about it honestly and bluntly, because we need to as the city of Minneapolis.”

SERIES: Young City Council Candidates Show Their Experience

10/27/2023

U.S. politics can sometimes seem immature and lacking in understanding of 'real people' problems. These young candidates are entering city council races to lead with a different kind of experience.

SERIES: Why Miranda Pacheco Is Running for Duluth City Council

10/25/2023

“I went to a few Duluth city council meetings. I looked at all the city council members — they all bring something to the table, absolutely — but it didn’t represent all of Duluth. One of my motivations for running was: representation.”

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Reprint: Facts about Voting

09/15/2022

Newsrooms across the country are shining a light on threats to democracy.

Column: Why I Am Running for School Board

08/18/2022

She cautioned that my status as a transgender woman likely would generate some strong negativity, and given that, she would understand if I wanted to pass on running.

Summary of Hennepin County Attorney Candidate Forum

07/28/2022

A summary of the viewpoints of the seven candidates running for Hennepin County attorney general.

Pam Costain on Authenticity in Politics

07/26/2022

It is really important to see invisible work that is done by women to hold societies together, to hold communities together. It is embarrassing to live in the United States and still have poor representation in Congress, poor representation in our business community.

Vote Run Lead Event: Preparing Women for Politics

06/25/2022

“Democracy can only work if it accurately reflects the people it is supposed to represent,” says Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. “We must expand the electorate to change the electorate.”

What Minnesota Politics Looks Like: Housing, Education, Public Safety

06/20/2022

Phase Two of the CALL housing movement will begin this summer, which could include a scorecard of legislators’ work on behalf of solving the housing crisis.

Perspective From Bosnia (+ speech: How to Elect Women in a Patriarchy)

06/17/2022

"Several women in politics that Amra and I have interviewed indicate their greatest strength is in listening. They learn what the issues are, talk to people about what might resolve those issues, and figure out how to make it work."

Let’s Talk Iron Range and Boundary Waters Politics

06/15/2022

What we can do better in northern Minnesota — a conversation with four people who see the environmental, political, and community needs.

Public Safety On the Ballot This Year

06/07/2022

The League of Women's Voters Minneapolis is creating a series of commentaries related to the 2022 Midterm Elections. This is one of them.

Rep. Heather Keeler on Transparency, Gun Violence, Inclusion

05/26/2022

If I can be honest in who I am, and the opportunity that I have in this seat, hopefully there is a little girl out there who can hear or see a message and realize that it is a possibility for them — that they are not too broken to do this work. We all deserve to be in this space and make these changes together.

Social Change Movements and Asking for Money

05/10/2022

Women's power is in our ability to find ways to support each other and tap into whatever skill sets we bring to the table.

Ranae Hanson on Solving for Minnesota’s Political Polarization

04/28/2022

People in the North are frustrated because they don't feel like city people are talking about this at all, they don't see it coming up in the newspapers — they only see the other kind of mining. And it's pretty important.

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