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Category Archives: Children
Polar Vortex, The Electric Grid And National Emergencies
Let’s Talk About Real National Emergencies Considering that our current administration and his party are putting huge emphasis on building an antiquated wall system on our southern border for a problem that is mostly fiction you would think that they … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Children, Climate Change
Tagged aging population, breaking families apart, electric grid, vulnerability
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The Children Are The Future
video 1.5 minutes NPR’s Weekend Edition last Saturday included a story on the seperation of a Guatemalan mother and her 3 year old son. Through an interpreter the NPR host, Scott Simon, conducted the interview. Near the end of the interview … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Children, Climate Action, Climate Change, Economy, Education, Environment, Health Care & Medicare, Medicare, Obamacare, Social Security
Tagged Betsy DeVos, DACA, Jeff Kaufmann
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Scourging Yemen
Scourging Yemen by Kathy Kelly On May 10, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia informed the UN Security Council and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that Saudi Air Defenses had intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles launched from inside Yemeni territory targeting … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Foreign Affairs, Guest Posts
Tagged children, Foreign Affairs, Peace, Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Yemen
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Telling Stat: US Birth Rate Falling
Amid all the crap about Dear Leader that dominates our news media day in and day out, there are sometimes some extremely important stories that slide almost unnoticed during the news cycle. Such was the story last week when the … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Children, economic inequality, Economic Justice, Economy
Tagged falling US birth rate
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Statement In Response To Santa Fe High School Shooting
For Immediate Release: May 18, 2018 Contact: Matt Sinovic, (515) 423-0133 Progress Iowa Issues Statement In Response To Santa Fe High School Shooting Des Moines, Iowa — Progress Iowa Executive Director Matt Sinovic issued the following statement in reaction to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Children, Education, gun control, gun safety, Progress Iowa
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What Prompts Excommunication?
I sent this email to the bishop of the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin. Since Catholic officials occasionally see fit to call out Catholic politicians for their stand if they favor abortion, I was curious what the Church stand is for … Continue reading
Posted in Children, church and state, Medicare
Tagged children's health insurance program, excommunication, Johnson amendment, medicaid, Paul Ryan, Paul Ryan Medicare voucher plan
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How Will Trump Deport Millions?
This is Making America Great Again? Since many of the liberal persuasion like to think things through. Monday’s revelation of the Donald Trump “emigration” plan for undocumented workers and now their families offered us a real chance to noodle on … Continue reading
Posted in Big Government, Children, Dreamers, Immigration
Tagged buses, logistics, Trains, Trump
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Newtown: Two Years Later
Who can forget the stunning news two years ago tomorrow. A mass shooting in a grade school. A grade school for God’s sake. Twenty kids under 7 killed in cold blood. Perhaps the worst horror anyone could imagine. Civilians dying … Continue reading
Posted in Children, firearms, gun control
Tagged gun violence, Newtown, Sandy Hook
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Some Random Holiday Thoughts
Some Random Holiday Thoughts Decided not to go off on a long winded rant today. The holiday atmosphere has me laid back and avoiding deep thoughts as if they were infectious bacteria. I know at some point I will have … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Environment
Tagged planning, reflective thoughts
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Good Question
Posted in Children, Education, Food Insecurity, marriage equality, SNAP, womens rights
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