We’re Hiring!!

Iowa Citizen Action Network Job Announcement Part-Time Temporary Statewide Organizer (primary focus Tax March Iowa) Click on TM Job Post for a PDF of the posting To apply, e-mail a cover letter, résumé and references to: sdinsdale@iowacan.org  with subject line: Tax March Organizer Position Overview: Iowa Citizen Action Network (501(c)(4)) and Iowa Citizen Action Network Education Fund … Read more

ICAN 40th Anniversary

  40th Anniversary Celebration Embrace the Past… Celebrate the Present… Dream for the Future Join us as we commemorate 40 years of activism with Iowa Citizen Action Network May 30, 2019 5 pm Happy Hour 6 pm Program Holiday Inn Downtown 1050 6th Street Des Moines, Iowa 50314 It’s our Ruby Anniversary! Click here to … Read more

Tax Justice: Everyone should pay Taxes including the Wealthy

New Polling Shows 75% of Americans Support Taxing the Rich, Including 70% of Independents and 60% of Republicans Not since the era immediately before the Great Depression has the difference between the haves and the have-nots been as great as it is today: The 400 richest Americans own more wealth than 150 million low- and … Read more

A Tax Day Message from Bernie Sanders

Dear Sue and the Iowa Citizen Action Network, We would like to be there with you tonight but we’re campaigning in Pennsylvania today. We’ll be back in Iowa very soon. Thank you for hosting this Tax Day event. You are raising some very important issues about how our tax dollars are being spent and how … Read more

Here We Go Again!

It’s baaaack… Senator Joni Ernst, along with Mike Lee of Utah, are rebooting her idea to raid Social Security to pay for parental leave. At first glance, this might seem like a good idea, but experts agree that it is a very bad one. Even though it would not require new taxes, parents who use … Read more

Presidential Campaign Events

Along with a coalition of progressive organizations, Iowa Citizen Action Network is partnering with Now This News, to put on a series of events with Presidential candidates*. Our goal is to make sure that family economic issues are front and center in Iowa and during the campaign. Each event will feature a Presidential candidate speaking with a small group … Read more

Shop Your Values

Shop Your Values is a campaign run by the Main Street Alliance to support small businesses that are active community members advocating for progressive values. By shopping at a business that has signed onto the Shop Your Values campaign, you are directly supporting employers and community leaders who promote economic and social justice across the country. To … Read more

Iowa Small Businesses Look Forward to Real Representation in the 1st Congressional District

Dubuque, Iowa — Main Street Alliance members in Iowa are celebrating the victory of Abby Finkenauer over longtime incumbent Rod Blum. They hope to find opportunities to work with Finkenauer on strengthening our health care system, expanding paid leave, and leveling the playing field so Iowa’s small business owners have the tools they need to … Read more