October 2019
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Cory Booker Is The Leader We Need On Gun Reform
A guest piece from a group of young Iowans on Cory Booker’s gun stances. It would have been shocking if it wasn’t so predictable. A couple weeks ago, Donald Trump met with Wayne LaPierre and talked about the NRA — an organization that was a Russian asset during the last presidential election — supporting Trump…
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Iowa’s Newspapers Have Shined The Spotlight On Key Issues
Fifty-three years ago, I was a high school kid in southern Iowa who knew what I wanted to do with the rest of my life: I wanted to be a journalist. The first step on that journey occurred when I walked into the offices of the Bloomfield Democrat and introduced myself to Gary Spurgeon. He…
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School Board Member: Why Sanders Is Best For Iowa Students
Guest piece from Des Moines School Board Member Dionna Langford. Students and families are under huge pressure today, in Des Moines and across the country. Wages are not keeping up with the costs of basic everyday needs — housing, childcare, health care, prescriptions, transportation. If you are a working adult, you know the list goes on. For those of us who…
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What If Russia Interfered In Joni Ernst’s Reelection?
Photo: Joni Ernst meets the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during her trip to Ukraine in February. Photo via U.S. Embassy Kyiv. Joni Ernst has a problem. She is completely incapable of stating the simple fact that a president of the United States should not request or pressure a foreign power to dig…
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Big Crowd At Axne Town Hall Gets Riled Up Over Impeachment
While Iowa Republicans say they don’t talk about the possibility of President Donald Trump being impeached because it’s not what Iowans want to talk about, over 80 people packed into the Waukee Community Center Thursday night to hear Democratic Representative Cindy Axne talk about just that. The community center had seats for 80 people. Those…
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Que Pasa Iowa Survey: Latinx Voters’ Thoughts On The Caucus
As part of Latino Heritage Month, the Que Pasa Iowa? podcast conducted a survey of listeners to find out what they knew about the 2020 Iowa Caucus and whether they felt their political party was talking about their concerns. When asked if they knew what the Iowa Caucus is, 86% said yes [si]. Fifty-nine percent…
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Booker’s Affordable Housing Plan Stems From Personal Experience
Affordable housing lies in the underpinnings of Cory Booker’s presidential run. The 2020 candidate’s campaign said the issue is integral to his purpose as a public servant. A housing rights attorney before running for public office, the New Jersey senator’s stump speech even mentions his past living situation in Newark’s housing projects and the story…
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Iowa Farm Orgs Sign On To Support Green New Deal
In late September, a group of ranchers and farmers presented a letter in support of the Green New Deal to Congress. It was signed by more than 50 organizations and 500 individual farms — including four Iowa organizations and 13 individual farmers. Sustainable Iowa Land Trust, Blue Planet Science Group, Inc., Women, Food and Agriculture…
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Trump’s Health Care Plan: Not Really A Plan At All
Last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Medicare protections. And while it lists a lot of problems to alleviate and goals to achieve, it lays out few ways to get there — instead creating a review period to figure out how to get there. Like nearly all of his campaign and presidential…
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Ernst Publicly Silent On Syria On Day Pence Raises Her Money
Senator Joni Ernst, a veteran who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, has been publicly outspoken in opposition to President Donald Trump’s recent actions on Syria, Turkey and the Kurds. On Monday, Ernst tweeted that the Kurds have been a “critical and reliable partner.” This morning, on Thursday, she tweeted about the threat of…
