Given the upcoming redistricting of legislative and congressional boundaries and the US Supreme Court siding with the gerrymanderers, state legislatures may be even more important electoral battlegrounds than the US Congress. Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, First, to folks living close to Davenport, Iowa City, or Cedar Rapids, I’ll discuss my just-released book, Marcher, Walker, Pilgrim at three separate events in eastern Iowa this Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, First a quick reminder about two events happening in Des Moines today and tomorrow (and check out our conversation about them on the second half of this week’s Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, After a stormy night, marchers carpooled to the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) for a press conference to announce the First Nation – Farmer Climate Unity March. Though the Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, Can you help get this press release out? There’s nothing like a call from a local person to their newspaper, tv station, radio station, or key social media Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, The oil spill in northwest Iowa has been “contained,” according to authorities. I’ve yet to see the price tag on how much taxpayer money has been spent cleaning Continue Reading →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, June 23, 2018 — 1:00 p.m. CDT Contact: Christine Nobiss at (319) 331-8034 or cnobiss@gmail.com Contact: Ed Fallon at (515) 238-6404 or ed@boldiowa.com Indigenous Iowa and 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, I’m writing with an urgent appeal. Since March of 2016, Bold Iowa has been a key leader on climate change and eminent domain. In fact, our work is recognized Continue Reading →