Yiscah Bracha lives in South Minneapolis. She holds a PhD in Health Services
Research and Policy, and an MS in Statistics, both from the University of Minnesota.
After a decades-long career in health services research, she “retired” and turned her
attention to an early love, local politics. When not analyzing data or writing, she can be
found on her bike, or in her canoe, or on cross-country skis, or in her oasis-in-the-city
backyard.
DSA activists once protested that ideological opponents were trying to purge them from the party. Now a viral text chain shows Omar’s DSA supporters...
In July 2024, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) experienced its first worker strike in its 140-year history. The strike was about the...
On October 4, 2025, we wrote about how candidates competing for Minneapolis offices self-sort into two distinct groups, on the basis of endorsing and...
Minneapolis is a DFL town. In elections for statewide partisan offices, Minneapolis typically gives DFL-nominated candidates more than 80% of its votes. The DFL...
On Friday morning, September 5, the Minneapolis DFL publicized its appeal to the Minnesota DFL (MN DFL) State Executive Committee (SEC), asking the SEC...
August 26, 2025
Dear Senator Fateh:
For the past week, I have seen “Fateh for Mayor” lawn signs across Minneapolis, which claim that you are DFL-endorsed. ...
