Category Archives: Blog for Iowa

Why Did Our National Media Reform Movement Die?

Posted on August 24, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Many of you are well aware of the situation as described in this video and have likely lived through  it. Some of you were media activists during the time frame being discussed.  You may have even taken action against your … Continue reading →

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March On For Voting Rights This Saturday

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Trish Nelson

MARCH ON OLD CAPITOL FOR VOTING RIGHTS Saturday, August 28, 2:00 PM 21 North Clinton St. Iowa City, IA Facebook event info. https://marchonforvotingrights.org/ Since January, 48 states have introduced 389 bills that amount to shameful, outright voter suppression, and many … Continue reading →

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Finkenauer Gets Personal

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Abby Finkenauer is ready to stand up and fight. Former Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer (D-IA-01) made an appearance on Nicole Wallace’s Deadline White House Thursday. Finkenauer talked about her candidacy to unseat Republican Senator Charles Grassley and why it is personal … Continue reading →

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The Pandemic Of The Unvaccinated

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Trish Nelson

“The delta variant is more contagious, more severe, and more vaccine penetrant.“ – Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding This new delta trouble could have been circumvented if people would have gotten the vaccine when they became eligible. The variants had too much … Continue reading →

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Watch Iowa House Democrats Blue Statehouse Alert

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Trish Nelson
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Wellmark’s Proposed Rate Increase Could Affect 60,000 Iowans

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Action alert from Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI):  Tell the Iowa Insurance Division: say “NO” to Wellmark’s premium increase Despite solid revenues during the COVID-19 pandemic, Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is proposing upwards of a 21% premium increase … Continue reading →

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Racial Justice And Equality In Iowa

Posted on August 16, 2021 by Trish Nelson

On this edition of Iowa Press, our guests are Betty Andrews, president of the Iowa-Nebraska NAACP, and Justyn Lewis, a community activist and founder/president of Des Moines Selma, a nonprofit aimed at educating Iowans about the Black experience. They will … Continue reading →

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How Democrats Win The Rural Vote

Posted on August 13, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Listen up, everybody! JD knows what he’s talking about. “As a party we rely too much on campaigns. We need infrastructure in place so we’re not reinventing the wheel every time.”  – J.D. Scholten Check out this Majority 54 podcast … Continue reading →

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August Jobs Report Stronger Than Economists Predicted

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Heather Cox Richardson is an American historian and professor of history at Boston College. She is author of the book How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America available on … Continue reading →

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IDP Chair And Iowa Democratic Leadership Live

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Trish Nelson

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