Faith Leaders Win Historic Victory in Saint Paul: Paid Sick Days for Every Worker
Hundreds of ISAIAH leaders from more than 25 congregations led the charge, calling for an Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) ordinance that would enable all workers the ability to...
Economy & Jobs, Working Families
Calling Out Poverty Profiteers and the Private Equity Firm that Finances CarHop
On Aug. 13 we kicked off our campaign to stop subprime car lenders from ripping off low-income Minnesotans like James of Brooklyn Park who paid over $15,000 for a car...
#HedgePapers No. 32: Chain of Exploitation: How CarHop Targets Poor Minnesotans To Make A San Francisco Fund Manager Rich
More and more low-income and working class Minnesotans are getting ripped off by CarHop, the high-cost/high-hassle predatory car sales & loan chain operating in low-income and working-class communities across our…
St. Paul Workers, Business and Faith Leaders Show Overwhelming Public Support for Paid Sick Policy
Tuesday evening, June 21, at a rally before and during a public hearing about Earned Sick and Safe Time the message was clear: workers, small businesses and community residents support...
Pinklining: How Wall Street’s Predatory Products Pillage Women’s Wealth, Opportunities & Futures.
This report demonstrates how gendered and racialized economic vulnerability is increasingly exploited and exacerbated by Wall Street and the financial sector. Authored by Suparna Bhaskaran. (Report conducted by New Jersey Communities…
The High Price of Poverty: How Big Banks, Wall Street, and the Minnesota Legislature Facilitate Poverty Profiteering
“Poverty profiteers” including payday lenders, pawnshops, debt collectors, and subprime auto and home loan companies have created an entire business model devoted to taking advantage of low-income Minnesotans when they…
ISAIAH clergy decry inaccurate Pioneer Press Editorial and announce Paid Sick Time Campaign
On Tuesday, March 15, 25 ISAIAH clergy and denominational leaders gathered to address the unfortunate and misleading Pioneer Press Editorial regarding Earned Sick and Safe Time published on Friday, March 11. Faith leaders took...
Turning Over the Tables of Justice: A Holy Week Action on Payday Lending
On Monday, March 21, ISAIAH congregations welcomed Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray for “Turning Over the Tables of Justice, ”where he met with more than 200...
Minnesotans for Paid Family Leave Campaign Launches
ISAIAH was proud to stand with the Children’s Defense Fund and the AFL-CIO as co-chairs of the Minnesotans for Paid Family Leave coalition at a press conference in support of...
“The Whole Earth,” a Summit on the Environment and the Economy
As Minnesota moves more and more toward increased use of renewable energy, low income families are being left behind. While they are the ones most likely to suffer from the...
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