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Author Archives: Trish Nelson
Senator Dennis Guth Goes On Anti-Gay Tirade
[Note from BFIA: We don’t know about you, but we’ve had just about enough of the stupid party. Please respond to this Action Alert from OneIowa.] Today at the beginning of the Iowa Senate workday, Senator Dennis Guth of Klemme … Continue reading
Posted in Calls to Action, civil rights, GLBT, Iowa Legislature
Tagged Iowa, Iowa Legislature 2013, Klemme, LGBT, marriage equality, Senator Dennis Guth
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Gabby Giffords v. Chuck Grassley
This is an excerpt of Gabby Giffords’ Op-Ed in the NYTimes following today’s shameful vote in the U.S. Senate. She’s talking about every Senator who voted to block the background check and legislation that would help prevent mass gun murders … Continue reading
Posted in Charles Grassley, gun control
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Iowans Speak Out For Medicaid Expansion
Dr. Deborah Turner, a cancer doctor, speaks on behalf of Medicaid expansion yesterday. She shared stories of the real life medical consequences of lack of health care coverage. Click here to view more speakers
Posted in medicaid expansion
Tagged Iowa Medicaid expansion, Iowa Medicaid expansion public hearing
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How Long Before We Have A National Conversation About Climate Change?
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged climate change, climate change and drought, Desertification
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Public Hearing On Medicaid Expansion
Action Alert From Citizens For Community Improvement http://www.iowacci.org/ Pack the galleries! Come to the public hearing on Tuesday evening regarding Medicaid expansion. Today, April 16th, there will be a hearing regarding Medicaid expansion. Members of the public are invited to … Continue reading
Posted in medicaid expansion
Tagged Iowa Legislature 2013, Iowa Medicaid expansion public hearing, Medicaid expansion in Iowa
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Are We In A Re-Run Of The Great Depression?
By Donald Kaul Virtually everything about the economic catastrophe of the 1930s has a precise parallel in today’s major political dilemmas. The philosopher George Santayana wrote: “Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” Which is what … Continue reading
Posted in Economy
Tagged Donald Kaul, Great Depression, Great Recession
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John Nichols At The National Conference on Media Reform 2013
“Brothers and sisters, we are winning fights every day… Media reform has never been about media. Media reform is about those wonderful lines in the first amendment of the Constitution where it says that we have a right to a … Continue reading
Posted in Media Reform
Tagged #NCMR13, corporate media, Freedom of the press, media reform
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Loebsack Fighting to Keep Student Loan Rates from Doubling
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dave Loebsack today joined Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) in introducing legislation that will keep student loan interest rates at 3.4 percent for an additional two years. On June 1, 2013, interest rates on student loans are … Continue reading
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Tagged CCRAA, College Cost Reduction and Access Act, Rep. Dave Loebsack, Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, student loan interest rates
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Tell GOP It’s Time For Equal Pay
Today is Equal Pay Day but I’m not celebrating. Still today, even 50 years after the Equal Pay Act was passed, women are making just 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. There is something we can do to … Continue reading
Posted in David Loebsack
Tagged Equal Pay, Paycheck Fairness Act
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Who Will Be President Obama’s Next FCC Chairperson?
Julius Genachowski is resigning as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. He probably did the best he could during his tenure, considering the shark environment in Washington, but he just wasn’t up to resisting corporate pressure as much as media … Continue reading
Posted in Media Reform
Tagged #NCMR13, FCC, Julius Genachowski, national conference on media reform 2013, Nicholas Johnson, Susan Crawford
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