What keeps two of Iowa’s state senators up at night? Trump, for one. And climate change. A new generation of kids getting addicted to nicotine worries them. As does the never-ending news cycle. Zach Wahls and Joe Bolkcom fielded questions from young people and adults...
Free elections hold democracy together. But when some people can’t access the vote, or the integrity of the election is under question, Americans’ faith in democracy takes a hit. In the wake of well-documented Russian interference in the 2016 election, and now...
Abby Bankes, an 18-year-old Drake University freshman from Oak Park, Illinois, has always had politics as a part of her life. But the first political event of her life as a college student? The historical, record-breaking Polk County Democrats Steak Fry. It was...
A guest piece from Clinton Petersen of Breda, Iowa. September is National Recovery Month, sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). 2019 marks the 30th year that National Recovery Month is celebrated. I’m writing because I...
Many supporters of Donald Trump are passionate about their president. Their connection to the real estate developer is personal and visceral. They embraced his rhetoric about immigrants and united with him over a feeling the system and the “elite” in government and...