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Memorial Day 2021 Honor. Reflect. Remember.
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Why Republicans Want More Poverty And Crime
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Tagged crime, inequality and violent crime, Poverty in America
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Lawmakers in ALEC Network Push Bills to Intimidate Voters of Color
Republican state legislators, including dozens tied to the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), are pushing to loosen restrictions on poll watching, which has historically been aimed at preventing Black Americans from voting. These poll watching initiatives are part of … Continue reading
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Tagged ALEC and voter suppression, poll watchers, voter intimidation
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Dave Muhlbauer: It’s Time To Be A Democrat Again
From our inbox yesterday. I’m Dave Muhlbauer. I’m a farmer in Iowa who raises hogs and cattle, corn, beans, and alfalfa, and I’m running for U.S. Senate. Let me tell you why: Republican Senator Chuck Grassley has been in office … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Muhlbauer for Iowa, Grassley challenger, Iowa Democrats, U.S. Senate race
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Jen Senko: Right Wing Media Is The Core Of Our Problem
Jen Senko’s excellent documentary The Brainwashing of my Dad about the purposeful rise of right wing media in America won a Webbie award this week. Please watch this conversation about the film. You can see Brainwashing on Prime and some … Continue reading
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Tagged Jen Senko, Right wing media, right wing propaganda, The Brainwashing of My Dad, Webbie awards
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Progress Iowa Demands Records To Uncover Right Wing Influence
Requests to Governor, Secretary of State, Legislative Services Agency, and Legislators follows claims from Heritage Action that they Wrote Iowa’s New Voter Suppression Law Des Moines, Iowa — An advocacy group is demanding that public records be released to uncover … Continue reading
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Tagged Heritage Action, Iowa legislature 2021, Iowa vote suppression
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Biden’s Pro-Rural Agenda Could Win Democrats Rural Votes
The Daily Yonder covers rural America. “We like stories — and we love facts — about the people, economy and future of rural places.” Follow DY on Twitter Instagram and Facebook. They also have a podcast, Everywhere Radio and a … Continue reading
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Beating Trump And Saving Democracy
Action alert from Indivisible In just the past few weeks, we’ve seen some major strides on our top democracy reform priorities. From the For the People Act and the D.C. statehood bill passing in the House to continued momentum on … Continue reading
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Tagged For the People Act, Indivisible, S.1, voter suppression
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Senator Zach Wahls Schools GOP On Bipartisanship
Watch the video or read the text below. Zach Wahls, Senate Democratic Leader, addresses the Republican rejection of bipartisan policing reform in Iowa: Mr. President, colleagues of the Senate. We’ve been having this debate for a while here today, but … Continue reading
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Time To End 100 Years of Meatpacking Worker Abuse
Published with permission from the Summer 2021 issue of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The PP is funded entirely by reader subscription, available only in hard copy for $12/yr. Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. … Continue reading
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Tagged Meatpacking industry, OSHA, prairie progressive, Precarious employment, Worker hazards, workplace safety
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