by Jake Schwitzer | Jul 8, 2025
About North Star Policy Action North Star Policy Action (NSPA) is an independent research and communications institute working to improve the lives of everyday Minnesotans. We develop and amplify bold, data-driven policy ideas that challenge the status quo and uplift...
by Jake Schwitzer | Jun 4, 2025
2025 State of Working Minnesota by Aaron Rosenthal
by Jake Schwitzer | Mar 26, 2025
Digging A Bigger Hole by Aaron Rosenthal
by Jake Schwitzer | Mar 25, 2025
At 10 PM, a 16-year-old clocked in to their shift. They spent the next 6 hours cleaning a meat grinder with a pressure hose. At 4 AM they clocked out. At 8:50 AM, their school day started. Though this scene may sound like an excerpt from Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel,...
by Jake Schwitzer | Mar 7, 2025
Minnesota’s economy is under siege after the first month of a chaotic Trump administration. We’re in an on-again-off-again trade war with our closest neighbors, employers are planning “recession-level” layoffs, the Executive Branch is unilaterally canceling contracts...
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