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  Funding for cultural projects at KHOI comes from a generous donation from Ames Commission on the Arts. 5 May, Forward Latinos, Kate Shelley, Race to Save the World, Donald Wanatee Celebrating Cinco de Mayo we heard from  Juan Rodregus, owner of the  5 de Mayo restaurant in Des Moines.  Following up on our ongoing story about how Iowa is responding to unaccompanied Immigrant children at the Mexican border, we heard from  Darryl Morin, national president of  Forward Latino, who just spoke with Governor Reynolds about what Iowa can do. Turning to local history, 

As Biden Axes KXL Pipeline, Water Protectors Urge Him to Reject DAPL and Line 3 An Indigenous Water Protector and an Aitkin County sheriff chat in front of a construction site for Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline near Palisade, Minnesota, on January 9, 2021. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images By As President Joe Biden moved to kill a key permit for the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office Wednesday, Indigenous Water Protectors in Minnesota want to see Biden’s campaign promise extended to another notorious tar sands pipeline project: Enbridge’s Line 3 replacement and expans...

New task force in Des Moines to promote urban farming December 23, 2020 GMT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A new task force in Des Moines will promote urban agriculture and other measures in hopes of bolstering resources for residents with limited access to healthy diets. The Des Moines Register reports that City Council members unanimously approved the food security task force Monday. The seven-member group will work on a volunteer basis with city officials to promote urban farming, research and recommend potential policies and create an online resource guide. The guide will offer information abo...

Movement in order to let it be known that people are really, really fed up, are sick and tired. again, one thing we're trying to do in iowa is connectç the dot between the corrupt political culture and corporate culture and the line of money that flows between the two. we saw that today moving from romney's head quarters to wells fargo. >> ed fallon former iowa state legislate tore, current occupy the caucuses activist. i keep thinking i'm saying kaw carobia. >> that would be a little far for us. we'd miss our -- >> at this point it doesn't seem that unprecedented the way these things are sp...

Today. the fight of the election, maybe that is the fight of it is,ç nt the 1% but the 99% are determined to have their say in that fight, too. joining us now is ed fallon, a former iowa state legislator and a small scale chicken farmer, one of the occupiers who on the streets in des moines today. thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> good to be here, rachel. >> i don't mean to be casting aspersion on the size of your chickens or your chicken farming. a lot of people are looking at the occupy caucuses and wondering is that people just going from zuccotti park to iowa or are there io...