As 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?
- April 11, 2008 | Bill Moyers JournalBill Moyers sheds light on more than $15 billion in wasteful expenditures that flow from Washington to American farmers.