Barbara Eckstein News Today

Multiple animals were removed from a home where they lacked basic needs due to reported severe neglect. Demand strict legal action against those allegedly responsible.

Over 50 dogs were allegedly found in harrowing conditions, prompting a call for swift legal action. Ensure accountability for the accused perpetrators.

(Des Moines) Iowans can expect more extreme weather like the 2012 drought thanks to changes in the climate caused by greenhouse gases.  That’s according to a statewide group of Iowa scientists who believe that Iowans should act now to reduce economic costs due to climate change “In a warmer climate, wet years get wetter and…

Julia Poska| April 5, 2019 Barbara Eckstein’s environmental interest was a product of place. Her first jobs were in New Orleans, “where class and race and environmental degradation are very present,” she said. “So the need for activism on the behalf of those causes was just very apparent.” When she came to teach at the…

Darlene Eckstein passed away in Palmetto, Florida. This is the full obituary story where you can express condolences and share memories. Services by Thomas B. Dobies Funeral Home and Crematory.

Food banks and other food-based nonprofits are facing a crisis as inflation makes it harder to get food, and means more people are asking for food. At the same time, funding from Covid is disappearing and donations are decreasing.

Johnson County United Nations Association president: Join us Dec. 6 to learn about refugee struggles and accomplishments, as well as ways to help.

September’s annual International Day of Peace is an opportunity to remember, honor and celebrate peacemakers.

The United Nations Association in Johnson and Linn counties urge our Congressional delegation to support U.S. full payment of its dues to the U.N.

The majority of Iowa land is farmed by people who don’t own it. The number of people supported by the land has gone down and down again.