Iowa city buys flood buyout areas under new rule
The editorial notes the Iowa Economic Development Authority will allow targeted redevelopment in four flood plain areas in Davenport Iowa including New Bohemia and Czech Village. Redevelopment must elevate or floodproof structures and aims to attract investment while opposing broad rebuilding without permanent flood protection.
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Czech Village
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Davenport
Public debate over money in politics and volunteerism
Letters discuss the ethics of spending on political ads versus nonprofit aid, praise for volunteer effort after 9 11, and critiques of Planned Parenthood and the Affordable Care Act. The writers call for accountability and question Medicare funding and policy impacts. Bob Bevenour signs the latter submission.
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Planned Parenthood
Supreme Court
Expanding wealth gap and the American dream
Mary Sanchez argues the wealth gap has widened to robber baron levels and cites Bartlett and Steele's book The Betrayal of the American Dream. She urges middle class readers to scrutinize each candidate’s plans in this election.
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Mary Sanchez
Donald Bartlett
James Steele
U.S
Voter suppression echoes Jim Crow in modern laws
The Brennan Center notes that 500000 voters in 10 states may struggle with new voter ID rules, many of them Black, Hispanic, poor, or elderly. Courts have struck down Texas rules as unfair while challenges to GOP redistricting and registration continue amid fears for minority turnout. Historical sacrifices for voting rights loom over current rulings.
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Brennan Center For Justice
Texas
Mitt Romney
GOP
South Carolina
Medgar Evers
Michael Werner
James Chaney
Incredible shrinking Arctic pressures rising temperatures
The Arctic sea ice reached 1.58 million square miles this summer, the smallest since 1979, with older ice melting and less seasonal ice forming. The trend shows a 25 to 30 percent decline over 30 years and a feedback loop accelerating warming.
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Washington Post
Arctic
Earth
University of Colorado
National
Arctic warming accelerates faster than global average
Over the last 30 years Arctic temperatures rose twice as fast as world rates. Evidence from lake sediments and ice cores shows Arctic warming exceeds levels seen in 2000 years. The piece warns Arctic change drives sea level shifts, energy balance disruption, and geopolitical tension.
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