Stillwater prison authorities gave 44 incarcerated workers a raise and then, months later, said they had to pay it back. The incarcerated workers say it’s wage theft.
Minnesota
Posted inTAP
Battlefield Reports From Our New Civil War
Today on TAP: Two Prospect pieces on red and blue trifecta states make clear we really are two separate nations.
Posted inPolitics
The New Minnesota Vikings
Progressives in the North Star State have racked up a remarkable set of victories.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Making Paid Sick Time a Reality
Organizing for paid leave, which is on the verge of passing in Minnesota, is part of a larger challenge to reverse an abusive workplace status quo.
Posted inPolitics
Minnesota AG Nominee Wants to Defund Corporate Law Enforcement
GOP corporate attorney Jim Schultz has hammered incumbent Keith Ellison over crimes that aren’t in his office’s jurisdiction. His solution? Stop pursuing crimes that are.
Posted inWorking in America
Minneapolis Construction Workers Fight Chronic Wage Theft
The Midwest building industry is notorious for cheating paychecks.
Posted inHousing
Want Affordable Housing? Strengthen Regional Governments.
Most Americans live in metropolitan areas, and it takes a metropolitan regional government to coordinate the growth in housing, transit, and employment that makes the region livable.
Posted inTransportation
Building Back Bicycle-Friendly
Cycling gained popularity during the pandemic, but efforts to revamp city streets to accommodate both cars and bikes met with mixed success.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Incremental, Inadequate Changes That Nonetheless Led to the Chauvin Conviction
Minneapolis’s former mayor says they weren’t enough, but they were essential.
Posted inThe Alt-Labor Chronicles: America’s Worker Centers
Embracing and Resisting: The Variable Relationships Between Worker Centers and Unions
In some cities, the two kinds of worker organizations frequently collaborate. In other cities, not so much.
