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."

11 Feb 2020

Hinterland Music Festival Announces Leon Bridges, Of Monsters and Men, Tyler Childers, KALEO, Old Crow Medicine Show, and More

By Jill Haverkamp Saar

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 11, 2020) — Leon Bridges, Of Monsters and Men, Tyler Childers, KALEO, Old Crow Medicine Show, Khruangbin, Tanya Tucker, Wallows, and more have been announced to perform at the Hinterland Music Festival on Friday, July 31 through Sunday, August 2, 2020, at Avenue of the Saints Amphitheater in Saint Charles, Iowa.

10 Feb 2020

Announcing the Emerge Iowa DAWN Award Honorees

By Leslie Behaunek

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 10, 2020) — Emerge Iowa, the state’s premier organization that recruits, trains, and provides a powerful network to Democratic women who want to run for office, will host the Emerge Iowa DAWN Awards on Sunday, 2-5PM, March 8, 2020, at the Holiday Inn Downtown Mercy Campus in Des Moines.

09 Feb 2020

Trump's First Offer was a Better Deal for Palestine — and Israel

By Thomas L Knapp

In early 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump pronounced himself "neutral" in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. He also expressed pessimism that a deal between the two sides was even possible: "I have friends of mine that are tremendous business-people, that are really great negotiators, [and] they say it's not doable."

07 Feb 2020

Citing Harm to Environment, Rutherford Institute Urges US Supreme Court to Stop Construction of Gas Pipeline Through Appalachian Trail

By The Rutherford Institute

WASHINGTON DC (February 7, 2020)  — Taking a stand for environmental justice for minority communities that have historically borne the brunt of the damaging effects of corporate development, The Rutherford Institute has asked the US Supreme Court to affirm a lower court ruling that halted construction of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline on a pat

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