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March Madness is still underway, so I suppose it’s okay if my March blog post is being published in April. I must have college basketball...

Help students attending college in Moorhead—whether at Concordia, MState or MSUM.   How can you participate?   It’s as simple as...

Trump’s threat of mass deportation has, so far at least, not shown its ugly head here in Clay County. Lately, though, I’ve been working...

Wildfires in Los Angeles County have created one of the worst climate disasters in U.S. history, and that’s really saying something given...

To Rep. Heather Keeler, it’s all about “leading with love.” You can see it in her advocacy for the homeless and for a residential youth...

Well, that sucked. Kamala Harris ran on the slogan “A New Way Forward,” but to those voters unhappy with the Biden administration, she...

I attended the state DFL’s Get Out the Vote training, and one theme especially stood out to me. The presenter emphasized that social...

Our office at 1424 1st Ave. N. will be closed on Thursday, Oct. 10, and Friday, Oct. 11, to allow Nick to attend staff training. However,...

The country just averted a government shutdown, but it was no thanks to Michelle Fischbach. She voted against the short-term funding...

Our next scheduled time for sign distribution  is  Saturday, Oct. 5, from 11:30 to 12:30 . Get your Harris/Walz, Klobuchar, Keeler, or...

Just over a month ago, when people asked how I was feeling about the upcoming election, my standard reply was, “Terrified!” I was not...

I was preparing to write this blog post about the Supreme Court when word came down that Judge Aileen Cannon had thrown out the...

I was quite impressed by a workshop at the state DFL convention in Duluth recently. It was put on by the Rural Urban Bridge Initiative,...

The saving grace of the first Trump administration was its sheer incompetence. Much as Trump might rail on about the “deep state,” he...

At our county convention on April 13, we passed a resolution Condemning White Christian Nationalism as a threat to democracy and contrary...

Minnesota’s presidential primary made national news this month when close to 19% of Democratic voters selected “uncommitted.” I get it....

I am deeply grateful to have worked with a great group of volunteers on our Central Committee the past couple of years. I count on their...

A lack of decent, affordable housing is a problem across the country. In metro areas, developers would rather build high-end condos and...

Once there was a place where Muslims, Jews, and Christians together created a culture that changed the world. The Arabs who founded it...

I have a soft spot for the United Auto Workers. When I was in graduate school at the University of Michigan, we were trying to organize...