In a somber speech, former President Barack Obama warned that, in this election, American democracy is at stake. Continue reading
August 20, 2020
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August 20, 2020Our foremothers turned ridicule into respect and oppression into the power of a majority.
August 19, 2020The crisis isn’t over. Ten facts frame the story of how Trump is using the pandemic and the Postal Service to undermine the integrity of the presidential election. Continue reading
August 19, 2020What’s behind the Trump administration’s drive to kill off the post service? Expert Lisa Graves says the move began in earnest in the early 1970s. That’s when billionaire Charles Koch began to turn his money and effort toward privatization of the USPS — he is using the Koch empire to push his political agenda to this day, when the postal service is ripe for taking. Continue reading
August 19, 2020Susan B. Anthony gets pardoned, the DNC stays on “we the people” message and the post office controversy rolls on. Continue reading
August 18, 2020This letter from Susan B. Anthony was obtained exclusively by Lynn Sherr and Ellen Goodman, co-hosts of the She Votes! podcast.
August 18, 2020The DNC programming was designed to feel inclusive. The theme was “We the People,” and the evening began with the voices and pictures of young Americans from all walks of life singing. Soon they were replaced by a video of Americans working together, set to Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising.” The evening’s events focused on America’s youth and its people of color. Continue reading
August 17, 2020The president and his obeisant postmaster general are out to destroy voting by mail – and democracy
August 17, 2020America needs at least two healthy political parties, and right now, with Republicans attacking the legitimacy of the Democrats, we are in danger of having none. Continue reading
August 17, 2020As Iowans we are privileged in so many ways – with our land, our people and our history, but we should be willing to show some humility in recognizing how these privileges came to be. How different would life be today if freedmen and women had been allowed to take their rightful place as land owning, independent farm families – like so many of our ancestors here in Iowa? Continue reading
