YouTube video by Minnesota Secretary of State

Join our September 10 No Kings: Vote Early Kickoff Call to learn more about the vision, urgency, and strategy behind the No Kings coalition’s early vote activation and election protection campaign and...

John Washington’s How to Close a Camp is a practical guide to opposing ICE and a strong moral argument for action.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement will pay private prison company CoreCivic more than half a billion dollars to reopen a defunct 1,600-bed prison in rural western Minnesota as an immigrant detention...

Join us in Minneapolis from August 21 - 23, 2026 to skill-share and coordinate the next iteration of democracy defense in the United States.

Last year, the House passed the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633), a bill disguised as “crypto regulation” that actually serves the billionaires and bad actors at the center of today’s crypto chaos. This bill d...

Activists who didn't plan the protest and left when asked still received 50-year terms.

The Trump administration is converting warehouses across the country into mass immigration detention facilities, part of a broader agenda to detain and disappear our neighbors on a massive scale. This...

Thousands of people take to the streets to protest the Trump administration, the Iran war, immigration and social issues

YouTube video by No Kings

LDF’s Equal Protection Initiative aims to realize the promise of Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution under law.

On March 28, millions of us made it clear: we don't do kings in America. Our nonviolent movement is only growing. At our March 31 Mass Call, you'll hear from leaders and fellow local activists to cele...

With a Revolutionary-era slogan, the protests had an historic geographical reach across the country. What does that mean for November?

At the “No Kings” rally at the Capitol speakers talked about justice and accountability in the aftermath of the surge of federal immigration agents in Minnesota.

The St. Paul event — featuring local officials and activists alongside nationally known figures such as Jane Fonda, Joan Baez, Bruce Springsteen and Sen. Bernie Sanders — is slated to be a flagship ev...

Trump's unauthorized war in Iran has already taken the lives of US servicemembers and at least 1,000 Iranian civilians. It has devolved into a larger regional conflict, with missile and drone strikes,...

"The people of the Twin Cities responded with extraordinary courage and resolve."

Border to border: help us activate the #NoKingsHighway on March 26! On Thursday, March 26, we’re activating the full length of Interstate 35 — from northern Minnesota to south Texas — in a coordinate...

Safety, Trust, Accountability, & Respect

It takes less than 30 seconds to check your registration status with our free 50-state tool. And if you're not registered, we'll help you take care of that too. Fast, free, secure, non-partisan.

Today, administration officials gave a classified briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee about the war in Iran.

He declared all of Lake's actions over the past year to be null and void, including the layoffs of more than 1,000 journalists and staffers.

Minnesota has seen an explosion of art made in response to ICE’s presence. Perhaps more than any other art form, artists and designers have made protest posters and signs en masse. “There’s never been...

Jonathan Rauch joins the podcast to discuss why he now believes “fascism” accurately describes Trump’s governing style.

Our Authoritarianism and Our Corruption

US president violates UN charter just days into his Board of Peace era, and chooses to take the biggest gamble of his administration

The wealthiest 15 billionaires in America saw their wealth grow over 30 percent in 2025.

YouTube video by Democracy Defenders Action

Is America still a democracy? Scholars tell NPR that after the last year under President Trump, the country has slid closer to autocracy or may already be there.

Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt, which operates the largest county jail in the state, said on Friday that her office is pursuing its own agreement for limited cooperation with federal authorities...

Small businesses across the Twin Cities are suffering and owners say ‘Metro Surge’ could be worse than Covid-19

In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.

Federal immigration agents reportedly shot a man on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis Saturday morning.

Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...

More than 2,000 federal immigration agents are in Minnesota, and that number is expected to increase. On Monday, an NPR reporter witnessed multiple instances where immigration agents drove around Minn...

The FBI’s Portland office says it is investigating an “agent involved shooting” that happened around 2:15 p.m. Thursday involving “involving Customs and Border Patrol Agents in which 2 individuals wer...

Stand for our values. Protect our neighbors. Witness with care. Across Minnesota, community members are stepping up to help ensure that constitutional rights are respected during law enforcement and i...

Renee Nicole Good, 37, was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning.

Join us to Thursday, January 8th, at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT to discuss the killing by ICE in Minneapolis and their lawlessness and harm in communities across the country. We will talk with local an...