permission from the January 2021 issue of The Prairie Progressive , Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The Prairie Progressive is funded entirely by reader subscription, available only in hard copy for $12/yr. Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. PP archives can be viewed here. Prairie Dog’s Honor Roll for 2020 When the Trump administration escalated its war against diversity and inclusion programs, Iowa State University wasted little time in terminating John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas, as director of Iowa’s 4-H program in the ISU Extension Office. The native of Guatemala had long reached out to youth of color and had pointed out incidents of discrimination and indifference by ISU administrators, but his creation of a transgender youth policy gave ISU the excuse it needed to fire him. Two years later, the State Appeal Board agreed to settle Chaisson-Cardenas’ lawsuit for $550,000 and changed his official departure from termination to voluntary resignation. Congratulations to him and attorney Roxanne Conlin for resisting the power of the federal government and right-wing Christian groups, and for insisting that 4-H opportunities should be for all kids.