by Jessica Mackler | Oct 10, 2024 | Election 2024
This November is about freedom — plain and simple. The freedom to make our own decisions about our bodies, our lives, and our futures. Jessica Mackler writes that reproductive rights are under attack in Iowa. Last year, more than 171,000 Americans were forced to leave...
by Associated Press | Oct 10, 2024 | TRUMP
The Trump Bible’s connection to China, which has not been previously reported, reveals a deep divide between the former president’s harsh anti-China rhetoric and his rush to cash in while campaigning. Thousands of copies of Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA”...
by Guest Post | Oct 10, 2024 | RURAL
By siding repeatedly with corporate agribusiness on the Farm Bill reauthorization and not sticking up for family farmers, Iowa’s congressional representatives have let us down. It’s hard to imagine fall without the humming of combines and trucks moving harvested crops...
by Nikoel Hytrek | Oct 10, 2024 | REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
Iowa voters are increasingly bothered by Iowa’s near-total abortion ban and candidates hear it a lot when door knocking. When Ankeny Rep. Molly Buck first ran for office in 2022, abortion didn’t come up much when she knocked on voters’ doors. Two years—and a...
by Zachary Oren Smith | Oct 9, 2024 | Election 2024
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa joined former President Donald Trump in spreading already-debunked claims about FEMA’s recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene. And it has a cost. Lies have a way of snowballing. And at least one Iowa politician...
