Category Archives: Calls to Action

Iowa City: Volunteers Needed for Shopping for Homeless Children

Iowa City: Volunteers Needed for Shopping for Homeless Children On August 14th, the Hawkeye Area Community Action Program (HACAP) will sponsor the annual Back-to-School Shopping at K-Mart in Iowa City.  HACAP donates money to each school-age child to provide school … Continue reading

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Hammer Tom DeLay: A Message from Howard Dean

Hammer Tom DeLay: A Message from Howard Dean Representative Tom DeLay of Texas needs to be stopped. He is at the center of a machine that launders corporate influence in our political process. And now his machine is at the … Continue reading

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Sign Up to Drive the Pig Mobile in Iowa

Sign Up to Drive the Pig Mobile in Iowa Help Hold Bush Accountable for the Iraq War A Message from Ben Cohen of TrueMajority.org The PantsOnFire Mobile – the 12-foot statue of George W. Bush with his pants aflame – … Continue reading

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What You Can Do: A Message from Voters Unite!

What You Can Do: A Message from Voters Unite! United Voters! As the election draws closer, the likelihood of changes in voting systems decreases (with a few notable exceptions). So, most of us are focusing more and more on how … Continue reading

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Can You Envision a Balanced Media?

Can You Envision a Balanced Media? Help Keep the Momentum Going! Since last week, thousands of progressive-minded Americans have signed Democratic Way's letter calling on the FCC to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine in broadcasting. Despite their initial success, it will … Continue reading

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MoveOn Makes Big Push in Iowa

MoveOn Makes Big Push in Iowa While all eyes were on the Democratic Convention in Boston this week, Republicans were working to recruit thousands of active volunteers to support Bush in Iowa – trying to match the Democrats' powerful grassroots … Continue reading

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Anti-choice Extremists Headed to Iowa

Anti-choice Extremists Headed to Iowa A Message from Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa They're headed to Iowa. Anti-choice extremists are bringing a graphic campaign of intolerance and inflammatory, offensive rhetoric in the form of a truck and plane mobilization. The … Continue reading

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Mr. Rubinstein Goes To Boston

Mr. Rubinstein Goes To Boston Marcos Rubinstein (right) with Art Small, Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate Well, Marcos Rubinstein, Deputy Campaign Manager for Art Small for U.S. Senate has jumped in his rickety, old “Kucinichmobile” (his 14-year-old Chevy Cavalier) and … Continue reading

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Florida Congresswoman Stricken From Record For Speaking Truth on House Floor

Florida Congresswoman Stricken From Record For Speaking Truth on House Floor “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right … Continue reading

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Voter-owned Iowa Seeks Clean Elections

A Message from Voter-owned Iowa It’s hard to believe that summer is almost half over and before we know it the fall will be upon us and the airwaves will be saturated with campaign ads.  During this election season, it … Continue reading

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