Tag: Iowa
Higher cancer rates tied to factory farm counties as new study...
Yale researchers found elevated cancer rates in heavily concentrated CAFO counties in California, Iowa, and Texas, adding urgency to concerns about manure waste, nitrate contamination, and rural drinking water safety.
Trump’s record win in Iowa: A resounding echo in American politics
Donald Trump's victory in Iowa was not just a win, but a sweeping triumph surpassing the previous record set by Bob Dole in 1988.
Iowa declines federal summer food aid, sparking backlash
Critics argue that the state's stance implies mistrust in low-income families' ability to make healthy food choices for their children, which they consider demeaning and counterproductive.
‘There needs to be accountability,’ says Ocasio-Cortez as documents show DNC...
"If this reporting is correct, then there needs to be accountability at the DNC."
Chaos continues in Iowa as Democrats mistakenly award delegates for Bernie...
Sanders maintains a lead in the popular vote, but Buttigieg has a slight advantage in what’s known as the “state delegate equivalent” race.
Iowa fiasco raises the stakes for New Hampshire, where Sanders could...
Only the power of people, determined and mobilized, can overcome the forces arrayed against the Bernie Sanders campaign and the movements supporting him at this pivotal historic moment.
Bernie Sanders leads the way in Iowa caucuses with young voter...
The poll, which was conducted Jan. 20-23 and surveyed 584 voters, shows Sanders' support comes from the likes of young voters in Iowa.
‘He could win the caucuses,’ pollster says as Bernie Sanders leads...
"There's a new leader in Iowa, and his name is Bernard Sanders."
Bernie Sanders plans to take on Big Ag and end agri-business...
"What you want, and what I want, are more family farms in America, not more factory farms."
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.