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Emergency Health Care Reform Briefing With Dr. Howard Dean Democracy for AmericaMoveOn Urgent update on health care: Next week, Congress will begin making the actual decisions about what'll be in a health care reform bill. Meanwhile, conservative groups have launched … Continue reading →

Swine Flu Name Change…Putting Lipstick on a Pig? By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer [Note from BFIA:  Before we get to the name-changing story, may we also recommend Nick Johnson's blog for a predictably thorough review of the issues.  Here … Continue reading →

Iowa Supreme Court Decision on Same Sex Marriage Explained Reprinted with permission from the Prairie ProgressiveIn the Government's Interest by Nate Willems On April 3rd the Iowa Supreme Court struck down a state law defining civil marriage as only between … Continue reading →

Grassley Reneges on Mortgage Help by Ellen Ballas After publicly stating in February that he would support President Obama's stimulus bill if a mortgage amendment was included, Senator Grassley just voted NO on the “Helping Families Save Their homes Act … Continue reading →

A Tale of Two Stories:  Blogs and Mainstream Media Coverage of Swine Flu/H1N1 Virus Columbia Journalism Review Here at BFIA, we're always interested in following what the media are up to.  The Swine Flu/H1N1 Virus story is particularly compelling in … Continue reading →

Call to Action:  Conservatives Spending Millions to Crush Obama's Health Care Plan Like our hero Howard Dean has said, without a public option, there is no health care reform, only insurance reform. Today, BFIA is happy to forward this call … Continue reading →

Health Care Reform Update: Is the Democratic Leadership Backing Away From the Public Option? by Alta Price, M.D. According to an article “Baucus Lays Out Health Care Overhaul Details”  in the Commonwealth Fund’s Washington Health Policy Week in Review, Senator … Continue reading →

Obama Wins Iowa! His First 100 Days guardian.co.uk/the observerby Paul HarrisPaul Harris of The UK Guardian's Observer, was in Iowa last week covering President Obama's first 100 days as seen through the eyes of Iowans.  His article ran in Sunday's … Continue reading →

Another Reason to Not Like CAFOs – Swine Flu Huffingtonpost.com Industry calls these massive compounds “confined animal feeding operations,” or CAFOs (KAY-fohs), though most people know them simply as “factory farms.”by David Kirby Officials from the CDC and USDA will … Continue reading →

Help Dogs in Factory Farms – Puppy Mill Bill Being Debated in Iowa Legislature TODAY – Contact Your Senators and Reps Update:  4/25/09 10 pm.  It looks like the dogs are going to have to wait until  next year on … Continue reading →