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Author Archives: Trish Nelson
Climate Action Alert – Contact Your Representatives
Please share this action alert from Rob Hogg: I am asking Iowans to contact our US Representatives to oppose HR1, a bill that includes large fossil fuel subsidies and giveaways. We want to share the message that instead we need … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Action, Climate pollution, environmental news, fossil fuel subsidies
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Women’s History Month: Senator Weiner Recognizes Mary Beth Tinker
“In 1969, 54 years ago last month, the Court ruled in a landmark decision that students in public schools have First Amendment Rights.” “It seemed of particular importance to recognize Mary Beth Tinker during Women’s History Month as a reminder … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa legislative session 2023, Iowa Senate Democrats, Senator Janice Weiner
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“Hoop Muses” Tells The Story Of Women’s Basketball
Hoop Muses: An Insider’s Look at Popular Culture and the (Women’s) Game. Available on Amazon As Hoop Muses author Kate Fagan explains Iowa has a lineage of appreciating girls basketball going back more than 100 years. Her book includes the … Continue reading
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Tagged iowa girls basketball, Women's basketball
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A Word From House Democratic Leader Jennifer Konfrst
Protecting Reproductive Freedom All session long, we’ve been working on priorities that a majority of Iowans support and turning those into legislation that will impact the lives of Iowans. We know folks are tired of politics and division they just … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa legislative session 2023, reproductive freedom, Republican war on women, women's rights
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The Three Evils Of Society
“An almost lost Dr. King speech, from the *Pacifica Archives; this speech was given at the first and only National Conference for New Politics. It is an amazing speech which looks at American’s three deadliest sins, War, Racism and Poverty!” … Continue reading
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Tagged Martin Luther King Jr., MLK speeches, National Conference for New Politics
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Why Do We Have To Explain Everything To Republicans?
Listen to Democrat Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott explaining to Republicans why children need to eat. Follow Iowa Senate Democrats on Facebook “Tonight, Senate Republicans voted to add unnecessary red tape to accessing important food and health programs – like SNAP. … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa GOP, Iowa Senate Democrats, Protect SNAP
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Iowa Taxpayers’ Watchdog Under Attack
From our inbox: Action alert from Glenn Hurst, Rural Caucus Chair for the Iowa Democratic Party State Auditor Rob Sand discusses the implications of SF478, a bill that regulates the transparency of government records. Sand explains how this bill undercuts … Continue reading
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Why Republicans Are Killing Public Schools
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/03/18/drowning-public-schools-in-the-bathtub-to-promote-gop-ideology/ Grover Norquist, founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform told National Public Radio in 2001, “I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom … Continue reading
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Tagged Defunding Iowa public schools, GOP ideology, private school vouchers
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“This Bill Sucks”
Why go on and on making fancy speeches and intellectual arguments about the whys and the ways Republican anti-LGBTQ bills are bad. Explaining it to them only adds legitimacy to their fascist ideas. J. D. Scholten is telling it like … Continue reading
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Tagged Iowa legislative session 2023, LGBTQ equality in Iowa, LGBTQ rights, Republican anti LGBTQ bills
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Why Every Town Needs A Bike Library
From the spring 2023 issue of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The PP is funded entirely by reader subscription, delivered to your door for $15/year and available online at theprairieprogressive.com. Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City … Continue reading
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