Category Archives: Food Insecurity

Walmart Protest In Iowa City.

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Protesters gathered at the turn off to Walmart from Hwy. 1 in south Iowa City yesterday. They held signs to passing motorists and got many approving thumbs up and honks. One young man told one protester to go back to … Continue reading →

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Branstad Counts Funny

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Dave Bradley

IPP Friends: How to Count Jobs‏ FRIENDS: Keeping Count of Iowa Jobs — Carefully Numbers are funny things. Except when they’re not. And when it comes to jobs, they are not something to be treated lightly. That’s why IPP today … Continue reading →

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A Loss for Words

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Dave Bradley

What do you call it when the usual adjectives fail to adequately convey the true extent of the outrageousness of political policies? A prime example would be the repeated criticism by Republicans of the record number of people receiving food … Continue reading →

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Good Question

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Dave Bradley
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Bullying The Poor And The Weak

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Most of us woke up to the news that once more the poor had benefits cut. Since they have few advocates anywhere in our governmental system this is hardly a surprise. As a group the poor are beat up day … Continue reading →

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Food Stamps Cuts Will Affect 13% Of Iowans

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Trish Nelson

http://thinkprogress.org/ Benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), otherwise known as food stamps, will automatically drop come Friday thanks to the loss of additional funds from the 2009 stimulus bill. That cut will hit about 900,000 of the country’s … Continue reading →

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All Politics Is Local And So Is Hunger

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Some in Congress rail against the poor and vote to take away the food stamps that are often all some families have to keep them going. Two of Iowa’s representatives voted to take away food stamps. I doubt either Steve … Continue reading →

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Yes, Virginia, We Need Mental Health Care

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Following the mass shooting in Washington,D.C. I have heard and read many folks on both sides claim that one big missing ingredient in the USA that may help prevent such incidents is access to mental health. Remember that President Saint Ronald … Continue reading →

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Iowa Needs SNAP

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Dave Bradley

I would normally not feature a message from IPP so shortly after doing so with their annual look at working Iowa. However, their treatment of  the Republican attempt to make millions of Americans and thousands of Iowans go hungry through … Continue reading →

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Great Pic For Sunday

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Saw this and had to post. Jimmy Carter hits the nail on the head:  

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