-
Call Congress!
-
Governor Kim Keynolds:
(515) 281-5211
U.S. Capitol Switchboard:
(202) 224-3121
Iowa Members of Congress
- Rep. Randy Feenstra (R)
- Rep. Ashley Hinson (R)
- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)
- Rep. Zach Nunn (R)
Iowa US Senators
- Senator Joni Ernst (R)
- Senator Charles Grassley (R)
Find More Resources at
IowaDemocrats.org - Follow Blog For Iowa on WordPress.com
-
-
Recent Posts
Tags
- #iapolitics
- #nobakken
- #trumpresistance
- ACA
- ALEC
- Ashley Hinson
- Bakken Oil Pipeline
- Bernie Sanders
- CAFOs in Iowa
- Chuck Grassley
- climate change
- Congressman Dave Loebsack
- corporate media
- Covid-19
- Ed Fallon
- environment
- fallon forum
- FCC
- global warming
- Howard Dean
- Iowa
- Iowa Democrats
- Iowa GOP
- Iowa legislative session 2023
- Iowa Legislature
- Iowa politics
- Iowa Press
- Iowa Senate Democrats
- Iowa water quality
- joni ernst
- Kim Reynolds
- labor
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks
- media reform
- medicaid
- Miller-Meeks
- net neutrality
- nuclear abolition
- nuclear disarmament
- obamacare
- Peace
- politics
- president obama
- Rep. Dave Loebsack
- right wing propaganda
- Robert Reich
- Scotus
- sustainability
- thom hartmann
- Veterans for Peace
Browse by Date
Search
Author Archives: Paul Deaton
The Cost of Carbon – 24 Hours of Reality
On Oct. 22 and 23, The Climate Reality Project will connect the dots between carbon pollution and climate change with the global live-streamed broadcast “24 Hours of Reality: The Cost of Carbon.” here’s the link: http://www.24hoursofreality.org. In Iowa, men and … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Progressive Community
Tagged climate change, Climate change events, Cost of Carbon, global warming, The Climate Reality Project
Comments Off on The Cost of Carbon – 24 Hours of Reality
Navigating Change In Health Insurance
As a self-employed writer and farm hand, having health insurance means buying an individual policy in the marketplace. The implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) health insurance exchanges and initial open enrollment beginning Oct. 1 was a precipitating event … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act
Tagged affordable care act, obamacare, Obamacare enrollment
Comments Off on Navigating Change In Health Insurance
GMO Crops Breed A New Form Of Slavery
Jim Hightower and his speech, From Factory Farms to GMOs, The Upchuck Rebellion Is Taking Root, has top billing at the Occupy the World Food Prize event on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Greed, food, Local Events
Tagged corporatism, GMOs, Monsanto, Occupy the World Food Prize, Syngenta Biotech, World Food Prize
1 Comment
An Iowa View of Syria
(UPDATE: Sept. 4, 2013, 3:30 p.m. CDT: A new report from Russia, including a 100-page United Nations report on the chemical attack at Aleppo, Syria, indicates non-standard Syrian chemical weapons used in attack. Russian analysis suggests Syrian rebels may have … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Affairs, Peace
Tagged Peace, Physicians for Social, Syria, Veterans for Peace
1 Comment
Shining Light on Low Wages
When people talk about suppression of wages in the United States, and the growing inequality between the richest Americans and the rest of us, Walmart and the heirs of Sam Walton have been the poster children with the biggest target … Continue reading
Posted in Labor, Progressive Community
Tagged labor, labor day, wage workers
Comments Off on Shining Light on Low Wages
Working for Low Wages
52 days of work for a nearby logistics company was an eye opener. In a world of constant electronic contact with smartphones and computers— via social media applications, on-line corporate media outlets and Internet discussion groups— our perceptions of society … Continue reading
Wage Workers in Iowa
One of my work mates this spring was an Iraq War veteran. Stationed in Tikrit, his military occupational specialty was fueling, although military contractors did most of the fueling work. He had a lot to say about war profiteers, including … Continue reading
The Customer is Always Right– but They Lie
A friend worked at a fast food restaurant and spoke about their policy of replacing food items that were wrong when the order was prepared. For example, if a person asked for a burger with no pickles, and pickles were … Continue reading
Posted in Labor, Progressive Community
Tagged business process, fast food, fast food workers, Honesty, Local food
Comments Off on The Customer is Always Right– but They Lie
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Reactor to Close
(Editor’s Note: One-by-one aging nuclear power plants are being shuttered, partly due to the work of anti-nuclear power advocates, but mostly because the economics of boiling water with a nuclear chain reaction don’t work for businesses. This story by Terri … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nuclear Abolition
Tagged nuclear abolition, nuclear power, Vermont Yankee
Comments Off on Vermont Yankee Nuclear Reactor to Close
Call in Today on Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Reactor
Nebraskans and Iowans Please call in Tuesday, Aug. 27, from 1:30 until 4 p.m. CDT to listen and speak at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission meeting with Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) to oppose the restart and call for a License … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, Nuclear Abolition
Tagged Fort Calhoun, nuclear abolition, nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Comments Off on Call in Today on Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Reactor
