The snow is melting and while spring may not be in the air yet, local politics sure is. Check out the Humphrey Institute’s mayoral debate in two weeks and a wealth of podcasts in our web archive!
Sincerely,
Jeremy Wieland
DFL Education Foundation President
A Debate of Leading DFL Candidates for Minneapolis Mayor Candidates
 From the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Cowles Auditorium
Humphrey School
301 19th Ave S., Minneapolis
This presentation is free and open to the public.
Please register at: http://mplsmayordebate.eventbrite.com/
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 A Grand Consensus
A Look Back at the Minnesota Miracle and the Government that Worked.
Over the past six months, Iric Nathanson has compiled a remarkable tale of a time in history when Minnesota’s state government passed several major pieces of legislation that ushered in decades of economic prosperity. Check it out!
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In an exclusive, five-part series, Iric laid out the foundational pieces of the Minnesota Miracle, available on our website or to download as a PDF.
Iric also reviewed Tom Berg’s new book, Minnesota’s Miracle, a complete record of that remarkable time in our state’s politics.
Listen
Two of our recent Stone Arch Discussion forums highlighted the Minnesota Miracle:
- In June 2012, Lori Sturdevant of the Star Tribune talked with Iric Nathanson about his Grand Consensus series: listen to the conversation
- In December 2012, Rep. Martin Sabo spoke with Tom Berg about the politics that led to the policies creating a Minnesota Miracle: listen to the conversation
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Minneapolis Energy Options
A Grassroots Campaign to Take Charge of Our Energy Future
 We launched our 2013 Stone Arch discussion with John Farrell. He’s a Senior Researcher at the local Institute for Local Self-Reliance and organizer for the Minneapolis Energy Options campaign try to let the people of Minneapolis take charge of their energy future. The grassroots campaign is challenging the energy monopoly of Xcel and Centerpoint Energy and hopes to give the city’s homes and businesses a clean, local alternative to dirty, imported energy.
Listen to the podcast or learn more at MinneapolisEnergyOptions.org
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Suggested Reading
Articles that inspire (or anger) our Board to action
- After Sandy Hook, ‘zero-tolerance’ policies are making schools less safe: read article
- Government and Medical Costs, Continued: read article
- Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us: read article
- Why Politicians Know So Much That Just Isn’t So: read article
- Is Vegetarianism Worth It? read article
- Does raising the minimum wage really help workers? read article
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