Ames Progressive

Too many people today are disconnected from their food and, in turn, from the earth and their communities. Hardly any Americans know where their food comes from, how it is produced, or how it looks while it is growing. And when we do see food growing, we rarely call it “food”. While few people […]

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As President Bush’s Operation Iraqi Freedom nears the fourth complete year of its occupation and his support falters, the number of casualties due to the American-led invasion continually rises to astonishing numbers. Moreover, these growing numbers add support the stance that the war in Iraq is perpetually spiraling downward into an abyss […]

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With the Democrats’ recent victory in the mid-term elections, the right-wing rhetoric machine that is Fox News is churning out the bad news. A Democratic Congress signals higher taxes, a major victory for terrorists around the world, an economic and moral downturn, and a less secure America. I’m not even going […]

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Last fall I took part in a class project of which focused on Mitchellville, Iowa. I was astounded when I found out that the 443 person facility had a population of 650 women. As I did more research, I found that this is common; Iowa prisons are overcrowded by 22%. Does this mean that we […]

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Earlier this month President Bush announced 21,400 additional US troops will be sent to Iraq. These troops will join the currently 144,000 US troops already stationed in Iraq, as well as the 25,000 private security contractors, 7,000 British troops and other “coalition forces” occupying Iraq. President Bush has called for this spectacularly unpopular “troop escalation” […]

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