Monthly Archives: March 2010

Health Care Reform Update: Covering the Uninsured in Iowa (and Illinois) is a Moral Issue

Health Care Reform Update: Covering the Uninsured in Iowa (and Illinois) is a Moral Issue by Alta Price, M.D.Spring brings Cover the Uninsured Week, March 14 – 20, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. I wrote about it last … Continue reading

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Iowa Progressive Radio: This Week On The Fallon Forum

Iowa Progressive Radio: This Week On The Fallon Forum Tuesday, we analyze why Iowa shares the honor with Mississippi as one of only two states that has never elected a woman to Congress, the U.S. Senate or the Governor’s office. … Continue reading

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Immigrant Rights and American Values: Postville, Iowa Revisited

Immigrant Rights and American Values: Postville, Iowa Revisited by Tracy Kurowski[A week of discussion on the Postville raids begins tonight.  See schedule below.] Are we as a Nation willing to accept mass raids, arrests and the detainment of human beings … Continue reading

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Milestones on the Road to Nuclear Disarmament

Milestones on the Road to Nuclear Disarmament by President Barack Obama“In recognition of the fact that President Obama is consistently, diligently working to improve the national security posture of the United States, Blog for Iowa will publish major addresses by … Continue reading

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Wealth Transfer from Rural Iowa

Wealth Transfer from Rural Iowa by Rod Sullivan “Can you see what happened? The land is still in Fremont Township, but the money is all gone. Money now flows from Fremont Township to Chicago. The monetary capital has been transferred.”There … Continue reading

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Some Background on Health Care in Iowa

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Iowa House Kills Flood Prevention Bill

Iowa House Kills Flood Prevention Bill While our legislators in the Iowa House were busy giving $15 million to Warren Buffet and MidAmerican Energy, (see Paul Deaton's post below) they have oddly decided that there is no money in the … Continue reading

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HF 2399: A Gift From Iowans to Warren Buffet

HF 2399: A Gift From Iowans to Warren Buffet by Paul Deaton “There is a real need to reduce Iowa's carbon footprint and nuclear energy may play a role. Rather than ask MidAmerican Energy to repeat the past, the legislature … Continue reading

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Dennis Kucinich on Afghanistan

Dennis Kucinich on Afghanistan Thursday, Dennis Kucinich introduced a concurrent resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives calling for a vote on the war in Afghanistan. Watch the Video Here: Click here to download a copy of the resolution ~Paul … Continue reading

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What Iowans Need to Hear about Iran and Israel

“If we become distracted by the noise in the corporate media relating to the regional conflicts between Iran and Israel, we could fall short in our progress.“ A student group in Eastern Iowa asked me to talk about nuclear disarmament … Continue reading

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