A COST TOO HIGH: The Financial Harm of the Republican Plan to Eliminate Health Care
The Republican-led Congress has launched a rapid process of eliminating health coverage for 380,000 residents of Minnesota by repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). These cuts will severely reduce income…
Minnesota Clergy and Faith Leaders Confront Medica Health for Putting Dollars Before People
While Minnesota House and Senate Republicans are moving forward with a proposed massive corporate bailout for health insurance companies who have created a crisis for Minnesota families with bloated premiums,…
Organizations challenge plans to cut, gut healthcare for 2.4 million Minnesotans
EDEN PRAIRIE and OTSEGO, Minn. Dec. 20, 2016 — As Congressional leaders plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act in January, grassroots leaders from ISAIAH, TakeAction Minnesota, the Land Stewardship…
Faith Communities Across Minnesota Declare Their Place of Worship ‘Sanctuary’ for Immigrants Seeking Refuge
St. Paul, Minn. Dec. 7, 2016 — Yesterday, 100 Minnesota clergy and faith leaders from across the state gathered at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in St. Paul to declare their…
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…
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…