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Even the smallest barriers to healthcare can mean the difference between life and death.

Jim Welna, a small business owner recently told The UpTak...

In 2008, candidate Barack Obama had the enthusiastic backing of activists looking to bring an end to US led wars. In 2012, those same activists are...

U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) praised the Supreme Court for upholding the health care reform law, saying that Minnesotans for generations to come ...

President Obama hails the Supreme Court's ruling that upheld the vast majority of the Affordable Care Act. He says it is not time to re-fight the b...

ngered by General Mills decision to come out against a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, Minnesota for Marriage urged people t...

Should corporations be able to financially support a political candidate ? regardless of whether or not we like that candidate? Should corporations...

Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton marched in the Twin Cities Pride parade this weekend. He was one of many people pushing for the defeat of an anti-g...

What role should corporations play in political campaigns and political causes?

The UpTake asked attendees at Twin Cities 2012 Pride Festival abou...

Supporters of an evicted Minneapolis family fighting Freddie Mac and PNC Bank are discouraged by the bank?s executives refusal to meet with the fam...

Alejander and David Cruz of Minneapolis traveled more than 900 miles to talk to the bank executives they say were responsible for a mistake that le...

125 community members gathered at the home of the Cruz family in South Minneapolis and 13, including hip-hop artist Brother Ali, were arrested when...

?This is the first time I?ve actually vocalized this to anyone,? Jeanie Johnson, former Coon Rapids resident who lost their home to foreclosure.

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Palermo?s workers have now been out on strike for more than three weeks because strikers say management refuses to recognize their newly formed uni...

The legal costs are rising to defend the Minnesota Senate against a potential lawsuit by former employee Michael Brodkorb who had an affair with th...

Buoyed by a nationwide Occupy Homes movement that has rallied behind them, and upset that PNC Bank has not followed through on its pledge to help s...

Two seemingly different ethnic groups in the Phillips Neighborhood of South Minneapolis formed an alliance to fight stereotypes and discrimination ...

Mn United for All Families is a non-profit working to defeat the Marriage Amendment on the ballot this November. Before their reporting deadline th...

?This is the first time that I can publicly state that I?m undocumented and not be afraid of saying it,? volunteered exuberant Dream Act activist A...

Minneapolis Council member Gary Schiff says the city spent $45,000 to evict people who were ?defending? the home of the Cruz family from PNC Bank a...

"You don't have to give up." That's the message a single mom who has been fighting foreclosure has for other homeowners in a similar situation. Col...

(NOTE THIS VIDEO WAS RECORDED BEFORE THE CITIBANK AGREEMENT) Citibank has called off a sheriff's auction of a home belonging to the mother of one o...

Video By Katherine Quinn

The fight over unions is far from over in Wisconsin. Governor Scott Walker may have fended off a recall prompted by his d...

Video by Tracey Pollock and Jacob Flom

The day after Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker survived his recall election, hundreds of activists marched i...

When the Walker Community Church burned on Memorial Day, Minneapolis lost more than an historic building. It also lost a center that housed may com...

If you're going to unionize, we're going to essentially sic the Federal immigration agents on you — that's what workers at a Wisconsin frozen pizza...

Christine Neumann-Ortiz discusses why she supports the Palermo's workers' strike

"Dark money"- political contributions that can't be traced back to the original donors played a huge role in Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's vict...

Did someone intentionally torch the headquarters of several Minneapolis political and social action groups on Memorial Day? Tenants of the old Walk...

Minneapolis police were braced for a violent confrontation with Occupy Minnesota activists intent on reclaiming a home the police had seized. Inste...

President Obama announces that he is taking executive action to help veterans find jobs. Manufacturing and military groups will work together to s...

An investigation from Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson reveals high-pressure debt collection tactics from Accretive Health, including asking...

Accretive Health's Senior Vice President apologizes for trying to collect money from patients while they are in the emergency room. The apology co...

Occupy Minnesota activists are convinced Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak is saying one thing and doing another when it comes to evicting homeowners.

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The see-saw battle between Occupy Minnesota activists and the city of Minneapolis will continue tomorrow (Friday) as activists plan to ?reoccupy? a...

His head covered by a shroud, an Occupy Minnesota activist could only hear the sounds of jackhammers and saws as Sheriff?s deputies attempted to ex...

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak issued a statement implying the city is getting out of the foreclosure/eviction business, but it's unclear what that m...

About 100 Minnesotans journeyed to Chicago the weekend of May 12 ? 13, 2012 to participate with 20,000 others in protesting the meeting of NATO nat...

Sheriff's deputies tried twice this week to evict Occupy Minnesota supporters from a foreclosed home they were defending.

On Wednesday, aggressiv...

Minneapolis City Councilman Gary Schiff calls for an end to military-style raids on foreclosed homes after Hennepin County Sheriff's deputies kick ...

David Cruz is in the process of renegotiating his mortgage with PNC Bank, so he was surprised when at 4AM Friday members of the Hennepin County She...

In the dark of night, Hennepin County Sheriff's officers raided a foreclosed Minneapolis home that is being "defended" by Occupy Minnesota accordin...

Minneapolis City Council President Barbara Johnson, strong supporter of the City of Minneapolis Viking Stadium financing, tried to enter an elevato...

Thousands marched in the streets of Chicago on the eve of the NATO summit, but there was more than just anti-war and anti-NATO sentiment motivating...

One of the few ways citizens can hold police accountable for their actions is to positively identify them by their badge number. During this weeke...

NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance, was formed to fight the cold war. That war is long over and it's time to disband NATO says Occupy Chicag...

After the devastating tornado swept north Minneapolis a year ago, architect Alyssa Lipke-Pier and Raymond Dehn mobilized a group of architects and ...

President Obama talks about winding down the Afghanistan war at the opening session of the NATO summit in Chicago on Sunday. Video provided by the ...

Tracey Pollock, a credentialed photographer for The UpTake, is attacked by police in Chicago during an anti-NATO protest on Saturday. Before the at...

SEEDocs tells the story of restoring and revitalizing the Owe'neh Bupingeh pueblo in Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico. Produced by The UpTake for Design C...

What are the civil rights implications of a proposed Minnesota constitutional amendment requiring a photo ID to vote and creates a whole new provis...