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Why Every Town Needs A Bike Library

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Trish Nelson

From the spring 2023 issue of  The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The PP is  funded entirely by reader subscription, delivered to your door for $15/year and available online at theprairieprogressive.com. Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City … Continue reading →

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Time To End 100 Years of Meatpacking Worker Abuse

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Published with permission from the Summer 2021 issue of  The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The PP is  funded entirely by reader subscription,  available only in hard copy for $12/yr.  Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. … Continue reading →

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Iowa Progressive Candidates Should Adopt The Three W’s: Wages Water And Weed

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Trish Nelson

Published with permission from the March 2021 issue of  The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The Prairie Progressive is  funded entirely by reader subscription,  available only in hard copy for $12/yr.  Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City … Continue reading →

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Prairie Dog’s Summer Reading List 2018

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Paul Deaton

Reprinted with permission from the Summer 2018 issue of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The Prairie Progressive is funded entirely by reader subscription, available only in hard copy for $12/yr. Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City … Continue reading →

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What A Difference One Local Iowa Election Is Making

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Trish Nelson

Reprinted with permission from the Fall 2016 issue of  The Prairie Progressive. by Jesse Case There’s a guy I know. You probably don’t know him. I don’t know a lot of people you know. I may not even know you. … Continue reading →

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Death Of A Legend

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Reprinted with permission from the January 2016 issue of  The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter, available only in hard copy for $12/yr.!!  Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244.   If that ____-sucking mother-_____ tries to bust … Continue reading →

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Prairie Dog’s Fall Reading List

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Trish Nelson

Reprinted with permission from the Fall 2015 issue of  The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter, available only in hard copy for $12/yr.!!  Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. Incarnadine by Mary Szybist Sometimes spiritual, sometimes erotic, … Continue reading →

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Friday In Iowa: More Summer Reading

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Paul Deaton

(Editor’s Note: BFIA returns to The Prairie Progressive: A Newsletter for Iowa’s Progressive Left for Prairie Dog’s summer reading list. More engaging books to read during this exceptionally pleasant summer weather). Five Books You Must Read This Summer By Prairie … Continue reading →

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Net Neutrality: Why It Matters To You

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Trish Nelson

The January 2014 court decision by the D.C. U.S. Court of Appeals that gutted the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules has given internet service providers (ISPs) the ability to not only slow, but also to legally block websites, content, … Continue reading →

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The Prairie Progressive Summer Reading List

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Trish Nelson

Summer Lies:  Prairie Dog’s Summer Reading for 2013 Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain Against backdrops of the war in Iraq and a Dallas Cowboys football game, the author of Brief Encounters with Che Guevara brutally but uproariously … Continue reading →

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