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Dear Friends, Often when there’s a crisis, people respond by traveling great distances on foot. Marches often transform the participants, and have changed my life, too. (Stay tuned for the Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, Often when there’s a crisis, people respond by traveling great distances on foot. Marches often transform the participants, and have changed my life, too. (Stay tuned for the Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, Do you like drums? I do. Here’s one you’ll hear me beat until America wakes up or slips into a climate-induced coma: WE CAN STOP THE DAKOTA ACCESS Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, “This whole election is so volatile, and so many people dislike Clinton that it could go that way. I mean, Trump could win.” — Ed Fallon on August Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, {Before I discuss a scientific experiment involving feeding puréed pork to babies — and no, I’m not making that up — please take a minute to support the First Nation Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, If Iowa Democrats need one emerging trend to guide them to nominate the strongest candidate against Republican Governor Kim Reynolds, it’s in this May 10 USA Today story: “Women Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, Actions have consequences. That’s a lesson each of us learned as kids — hopefully. Now it’s Wells Fargo’s turn to learn about consequences for a string of transgressions Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, When it comes to advancing solar power and handing control of a community’s energy future back to the people, big things are brewing in northeast Iowa. On May Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, First, it should come as no surprise that Gov. Reynolds signed SF 2235 — the bill pushed by the pipeline company. Years ago as an elected official in Clarke Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, Every time someone says to me, “Too bad we weren’t able to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline,” I say, “Not so fast!” This week, federal judge James Boasberg ruled Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, Two things before I explain why Iowa is becoming a colonial outpost: First, I’m sad to say that the pro-DAPL bill (SF 2235) passed this week despite hundreds Continue Reading →