Guest op-ed from Porter McNeil, a longtime Democratic consultant from the Quad Cities In 2016, roughly 80,000 votes across the upper Midwest proved to be the margin of despair for Democrats as they watched a Hillary Clinton popular-vote win "trumped" by the...
Guest post by Mark Sarcone, editor and legislative director for Des Moines' American Postal Workers Union I am a proud postal worker. During this coronavirus pandemic, my fellow frontline coworkers and I continue to go to work every day, even in these dangerous...
Guest op-ed from Jacob Becklund, director of Iowa Democrats' Senate Majority Fund The 2020 cycle presents a great set of opportunities for Iowa Senate Democrats. Every election year half of the 50 Iowa Senate seats are on the ballot. In essence, this means there...
Guest op-ed from Jacob Becklund, director of Iowa Democrats' Senate Majority Fund The 2020 cycle presents a great set of opportunities for Iowa Senate Democrats. Every election year half of the 50 Iowa Senate seats are on the ballot. In essence, this means there...
Guest op-ed by former State Sen. Daryl Beall of Fort Dodge Admiral Mike Franken’s 37-year Navy career catapulted his Northwest Iowa humble beginning to literally around the world. And he has returned to his native home to seek another form of public service — as...
Guest op-ed by former State Sen. Daryl Beall of Fort Dodge Admiral Mike Franken’s 37-year Navy career catapulted his Northwest Iowa humble beginning to literally around the world. And he has returned to his native home to seek another form of public service — as...
Guest op-ed from House Democratic Leader Todd Prichard On Friday, Governor Reynolds started loosening the public health measures being used to stop the spread of COVID-19. She also announced she would be taking additional steps to loosen more restrictions on...
Guest op-ed from Sami Scheetz, former Iowa Constituency Outreach Director for Bernie Sanders. For more than 150 years, Iowa has served as a progressive beacon for the rest of the nation. We outlawed the death penalty nearly 60 years ago and became one of the first...
Guest op-ed from Sami Scheetz, former Iowa Constituency Outreach Director for Bernie Sanders. For more than 150 years, Iowa has served as a progressive beacon for the rest of the nation. We outlawed the death penalty nearly 60 years ago and became one of the first...
Guest op-ed from Jonathan Grieder, a Waterloo City Councilmember Local government is key and fundamental to our system of government here in Iowa. In fact, it’s so important that in 1968 Iowa voters codified home rule into the Iowa Constitution. Local city...
