19 Feb 2020

Iowa PBS Presents "Gardening with Steil"

By Susan Ramsey

JOHNSTON, IOWA (February 18, 2020) — Anticipation is growing for Iowa PBS's upcoming gardening special. Gardening with Steil premieres Sunday, March 1, at 2:30PM as part of Festival 2020. The program will be rebroadcast Saturday, March 7, at 1PM on Iowa PBS's main channel, with additional airings on Iowa PBS WORLD .3 and Iowa PBS Create .4.

19 Feb 2020

The Moline Foundation Announces Spring Grant Deadline

By Paul Plagenz

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (February 18, 2020) — A spring grants submission deadline of Friday, April 17. 2020 has been announced by The Moline Foundation, a community foundation headquartered in Moline, Illinois.

Any non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization in a seven-county region including Rock Island, Henry, Mercer, Warren, Henderson and McDonough Counties in Illinois and Scott County in Iowa is eligible to apply.

19 Feb 2020

Compliance 101: Gun-Toting Cops Turn the Schools into Prisons

By John W Whitehead

“Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools that have increasingly come to resemble places of detention more than places of learning.” — Investigative journalist Annette Fuentes

18 Feb 2020

Freedom for $5.30 — and This Time Mexico Really IS Paying for It

By Thomas L Knapp

Back in 2016, presidential candidate Donald Trump promised that Mexico would pay for his proposed border wall. Turns out Mexico wasn't interested, so Trump eventually resorted to declaring fake emergencies and illegally misappropriating money from the military budget.

16 Feb 2020

Don't Let Trump's Budget Proposal be Used to Distract You From the Real Spender

By Thomas L Knapp

As a political junkie, I get lots of e-mail pleas from politicians and political advocacy groups. Today, I got one from US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Well, not exactly. That's what the "from" header said, but the message was signed "Team AOC" and delivered via Daily Kos.

13 Feb 2020

Upper Iowa University Mock Trial Wraps Up 2020 Court Proceedings

By Mike Van Sickle

 

13 Feb 2020

Will the Supreme Court Prevent the Government From Meddling in Church Decisions Involving Who Can Teach Religious Doctrine?

By The Rutherford Institute

WASHINGTON DC (February 13, 2020) — In a case that will decide whether the government can interfere with the choices of religious institutions regarding who may minister to and lead followers on matters of faith, The Rutherford Institute has asked the US Supreme Court to affirm that the First Amendment’s protection of religious liberty prev

12 Feb 2020

Mary and Kirk Ferentz Will Receive Robert D Ray Character Award

By Amy Smit

 

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 12, 2020) — The Robert D and Billie Ray Center at Drake University has named Iowans Mary and Kirk Ferentz as the 2020 Robert D. Ray Pillar of Character Award recipients.

Mary and Kirk will accept the award on April 17, 2020 at The Ray Center's All-Star Evening in West Des Moines. An All-Star Evening is presented by Hy-Vee and benefits The Ray Center's programs, including CHARACTER COUNTS!

11 Feb 2020

We’re All in This Together: A Case for Not Giving Up on the American Dream

By John W Whitehead

“We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” — Benjamin Franklin

11 Feb 2020

Yes, The ERA Has Been Ratified

By Thomas L Knapp

On January 15, Virginia became the 38th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. According to the US Constitution, that makes the ERA part of "the supreme law of the land."

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