Monthly Archives: October 2009

Deja Vu All Over Again! Cereal, Sugar, and Iowa Kids

Posted on October 31, 2009 by bfiaguestwriter

[by Cathy Lafrenz] Does this really surprise you? Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I was a young mother.  I (like lots of Baby Boomers) was a rebellious mother and did such subversive things as nursed my daughter and made … Continue reading →

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Learning from the 1999 Vote on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Part 3

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Paul Deaton

Learning from the 1999 Vote on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Part 3 by Daryl Kimball This article is re-printed with permission of the author. Opposition Tinged With RegretEven as they prepared to vote against the CTBT, many Republicans were … Continue reading →

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Local Community Radio Bill Now in House of Representatives

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Trish Nelson

Local Community Radio Bill Now in House of Representatives The Local Community Radio Act is a bill currently in the House of Representatives that will allow local communities non-commercial access to the publicly owned airwaves.  Cory Fischer-Hoffman, Campaign Director of … Continue reading →

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Grassley Challenger Calls for Expansion of High Speed Internet for Rural Iowa

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Trish Nelson

Grassley Challenger Calls for Expansion of High Speed Internet for Rural Iowa “Small town businesses as well as farmers should be able to take advantage of this and expand their markets”  ~ Krauseforiowa.com Bob Krause, Democratic Candidate for the U. … Continue reading →

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Public Supports Moving Forward on Climate Change

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Trish Nelson

Public Supports Moving Forward on Climate Change Americanprogress.orgFound this link on Iowa Policy Project's Twitter feed…Health care reform is occupying almost everyone’s attention these days, which is understandable given its level of importance and how close we are to big … Continue reading →

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Health Care Reform Update: This Thing Is Going To Work (Or, Woot!)

Posted on October 27, 2009 by altapricehome

Health Care Reform Update: This Thing Is Going To Work (Or, Woot!) By Alta Price, M.D.I just heard on the tee vee Harry Reid’s announcement that the health care reform bill in the Senate will include a public plan option, … Continue reading →

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Iowans Play Prominent Role at Showdown in Chicago

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Trish Nelson

Iowans Play Prominent Role at Showdown in Chicago Larry Ginter of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (ICCI.Org) was featured on Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! this morning, shown on video rallying the crowd of protesters at the American Bankers Association convention … Continue reading →

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Union Holds Rally for Hundreds of Locked Out Workers in Muscatine, Iowa

Posted on October 26, 2009 by bfiatracykurowski

Union Holds Rally for Hundreds of Locked Out Workers in Muscatine by Tracy KurowskiPhoto:  The rat is a prop used at picket lines for various reasons, usually a strike, lockout, or when unfair labor practices are being committed.On Saturday, October … Continue reading →

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Are Iowans Being Brainwashed by Fox News?

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Trish Nelson

Are Iowans Being Brainwashed by Fox News? Brainwash:  subject (a person) to a process by which ideas are implanted in the mindWell, it does feel like torture, listening to Fox or right-wing talk radio for any length of time at … Continue reading →

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Constitutional Clash: When English-Only Meets Voting Rights in Iowa

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Trish Nelson

Constitutional Clash: When English-Only Meets Voting Rights in Iowa by Michael A. ZuckermanCornell UniversityYale Law & Policy Review, Vol. 28, 2010 Posted with permission from the author.  The following is an excerpt (citations have been excluded for space).  Click on … Continue reading →

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