As Trump makes racist attacks on Somali immigrants, media giants CBS, Fox, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times parrot claims from a weaponized DOJ and self-interested players.
Minnesota
Posted inAmerica and the World
Trump’s White Christian Foreign Policy
According to our new official National Security Strategy, we have to support Europe’s neo-Nazi right in its fight to keep Europe white.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
BlackRock Just Bought a Minnesota Utility
When the PUC rendered its final decision on Friday, the Prospect was there to witness it.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Private Equity Power Play in Minnesota
BlackRock-owned Global Infrastructure Partners and a Canadian pension giant want to buy a Minnesota-based utility. Gov. Tim Walz’s agencies have been in on pushing the deal.
Posted inPolitics
In Minnesota, Teens Show Up for Democracy
Thanks to dedicated state programs, young Minnesotans get to flex their voting muscles early.
Posted inPolitics
Keith Ellison: Seeing Red
Minnesota’s attorney general on how to fight back against conservative aggression at the state level
Posted inPolitics
It Took a Village: The Making of Progressive Tim Walz
Gov. Walz signed into law one of the most progressive packages ever. He didn’t do it alone.
Posted inWorking in America
How Tim Walz Saved Workers’ Lives and Limbs
The Democrats’ vice-presidential nominee has won extraordinary advances in worker safety in Minnesota.
Posted inWorking in America
Minnesota Workers Strike Down Shady Provision That Restricts Their Freedom of Employment
The state banned so-called ‘restrictive covenants’ that make contracted labor agreements harder to break.
Posted inPolitics
A Vice-Presidential Nominee With a Worker-First Agenda
Tim Walz is seen as a champion for workers. But how have they actually done under his leadership? Pretty well.