Author Archives: Trish Nelson

Andrew Yang Calls For Human-Centered Capitalism

Posted on April 23, 2019

NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo will host the first 2020 presidential primary debate in June of 2019. This is the second in a series of BFIA’s coverage and commentary of the announcement speeches by the declared Democratic candidates for president … Continue reading →

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Celebrate Earth Day – Help Get Rid Of Glyphosate In Our Food

Posted on April 22, 2019

Action alert from Iowa Public Interest Research Group: Monsanto’s Roundup is turning up everywhere. And that’s a big problem, since the evidence linking its ingredients to serious health problems, including cancer, is piling up. The commonly-used herbicide’s main active ingredient, … Continue reading →

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Plastic Pollution: How You Can Help

Posted on April 19, 2019

Earth Day action alert from Iowa Public Interest Research Group The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now 11 times the size of Iowa — and it isn’t going away on its own. The plastic we’re producing isn’t just polluting our … Continue reading →

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Barr Helped Cover Up Iran-Contra

Posted on April 18, 2019
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Grassley And Ernst Must Go

Posted on April 17, 2019

Alert from Progress Iowa Ernst, Grassley Introduce Bill to Resurrect Health Plans With Long History of Fraud That Sidestep Vital Protections Des Moines, Iowa — Senate Republicans, led by Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, introduced a bill yesterday that … Continue reading →

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President Pete Has A Ring To It

Posted on April 16, 2019

NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo will host the first 2020 presidential primary debate in June of 2019. This is the first in a series of BFIA’s coverage and commentary of the announcement speeches by the declared Democratic candidates for president … Continue reading →

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Iowa In The Bull’s Eye Of Climate Change

Posted on April 15, 2019

Senator Joe Bolkcom speaks on the floor of the senate about the effects of climate change in Iowa. Watch the 11-minute video for even more sobering climate change information specific to our state. “Iowa’s weather and climate have changed right … Continue reading →

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Progress Iowa Conducts Study Of Local Media

Posted on April 12, 2019

Kudos to  Progress Iowa for focusing on our problematic media. These are important findings. Once again, research confirming the obvious. Latino, Native, Asian and African American Iowans Have Been Left Off Iowa Public Television’s ‘Iowa Press’ in 2019 With caucus … Continue reading →

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Carl Sagan On The Dumbing Down Of America

Posted on April 11, 2019

We are here. The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media…  – Carl Sagan

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Iowa GOP’s Secret Flood Recovery Plan

Posted on April 10, 2019

Iowa Senate Democrats: “When will the state of Iowa respond to the historic flooding in western Iowa? So far, Republicans have rejected every proposal and offered none of their own.”

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