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Minnesota Progressive Project is the result of the merger between Minnesota Campaign Report and MN Blue, with common goals of providing a go-to source for online progressive politics in Minnesota. 

The stadium that ate the legislative session

By Eric Ferguson, Minnesota Progressive Project

Stop, don't go away! I know you're sick of stadium stuff, but my intent is not to continue the stadium debate, really. This is about the debate, not an engagement in it. You know how sick you are of stadium stuff? So is everybody else, and it's like it became the whole session. That's the point.MORE »

Why should Americans care what happens in Europe?

By Eric Ferguson, Minnesota Progressive Project

There's a good reason to care about what's happening in Europe. I mean a practical reason, beyond humanitarian concern for poor and middle class people having utterly pointless suffering inflicted on them by the austerians who control most European governments and seem unable to learn economics from either a textbook or from the effects of their policies.MORE »

Teacher Appreciation: Not really sure the 20% off coupon at the bookstore makes up for it

By Alec Timmerman, Minnesota Progressive Project

So, this week is teacher appreciation week. I look forward to the plethora of appreciative coupons that will be stacked in the staff mail room. I will finally be able to eat my discounted pizza while reading my discounted book and planning for all the discounted school supplies from the office supply store!MORE »

Evaluating for a better Minneapolis police chief

By Grace Kelly, Minnesota Progressive Project

The Star Tribune is seriously misleading people when they credit Chief Dolan with the drop in crime rate.

"With little doubt, the key accomplishment of Dolan's years has been the steady drop in the crime rate."MORE »

A billion dollar stadium at 100 percent public cost

By Eric Ferguson, Minnesota Progressive Project

Star Tribune sports writer Joe Souhan raised a bit of a ruckus when using the clever turns of phrase and hard-hitting criticism common in sports writing, and desirable in sports writing, when going after a political figure on a political matter, to wit, saying some tough stuff about State Rep. Dean Urdahl, R-Grove City:MORE »

Is the war on teachers just another front in the war on women?

By Alec Timmerman, Minnesota Progressive Project

Last week Mitt Romney told us that it was President Obama waging the war on wisdom. His aide told us that 92.3% of all job losses were to women. Supposedly this meant, ipso facto, that Obama fired all of these women, or at least caused their firing. Like any good Republican lie, there is a kernel of truth in Romney's statistic.MORE »

Syria is an argument against attacking Iran

By Eric Ferguson, Minnesota Progressive Project

The war in Syria may have just escalated, now that Syria has fired across the Turkish border. This is an argument against attacking Iran. I know that's a jump. Stay with me.MORE »

Dayton vetos photo ID amendment

By Eric Pusey, Minnesota Progressive Project

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has expressed his disapproval with the Republican's photo ID constitutional amendment. He's promised to campaign against it. He kicked off his effort by symbolically vetoing it.MORE »

Supreme Court ruling on strip searches reveals conservative thinking behind photo ID

By Eric Ferguson, Minnesota Progressive Project

In introducing a segment on the 5-4 decision by the US Supreme Court that strip searches can be conducted with no suspicion of the person being searched being required, Kerry Miller mentioned a phrase used by a critic, that "All risk be eliminated at the expense of those who pose little rMORE »

Minnesota's zombie problem

By Eric Pusey, Minnesota Progressive Project

Minnesota faces a coming crisis. If there were to be a zombie apocalypse, Minnesota is completely unprepared. While zombies don't actually exist ... at least as of now ... we can all agree on one thing -- if they were to appear, we're in trouble.

The MN legislature needs to act immediately to stave of this possible zombie crisis.MORE »

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