Dear Friends, Big news: Last year’s Great March for Climate Action picks up where we left off! Steve Martin and I continue our footsteps, heading east to Paris for the Continue Reading →

Dear Friends, Moment of absolute candor: For the past thirteen months, I’ve worked full-time as an unpaid volunteer for justice, the environment, our democracy and other critical causes near and Continue Reading →

Dear Friends, My phone rings. It’s a number I don’t recognize. I’m gardening, and my hands are happily adorned with rich, black soil. Bad time for a phone call, but Continue Reading →

Dear Friends, {Reminder: FILE A PETITION TO INTERVENE ON THE PIPELINE!! You have until July 27 to get the full volume of your voice heard in Iowa Utilities Board deliberations Continue Reading →

Dear Friends, {Reminder: FILE A PETITION TO INTERVENE ON THE PIPELINE!! You have until July 27 to get the full volume of your voice heard in Iowa Utilities Board deliberations Continue Reading →

Dear Friends, Business and political leaders in Iowa have been outspoken against bullying – a problem in our classrooms, on our playgrounds and in our streets. But these same leaders Continue Reading →

For over a decade, my farmer friends in Clarke County have been battling to stop the abuse of eminent domain for a recreational lake along Coyote Canyon. This year, a Continue Reading →

Dear Friends, Whether it’s a seat at City Hall or residency in the White House, the lure of public office is powerful. In the desire to win, politicians utter all Continue Reading →

Dear Friends, Last month, when I asked Governor Branstad to meet with me to discuss the Bakken Oil Pipeline and the eminent domain bill, I believed that – historically at Continue Reading →

{As it appeared in the Sunday, June 7 2015 Des Moines Register} Branstad should know: Diet soda won’t make us healthiest state By the Register’s editorial staff A thistle to Continue Reading →