Text of Waterloo State Rep. Ras Smith's speech on the Iowa House floor this Wednesday about Black History Month. As a child, I wondered why as black people we had the Negro National Anthem. “Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the...
Guest op-ed from J.D. Scholten and Courtney Reyes, Executive Director of One Iowa. Being yourself shouldn’t put a target on your back. It shouldn’t cut your life expectancy. It shouldn’t limit your ability to get a good education, buy a home, adopt a child, or keep...
Guest op-ed by River Wise, president of the Lincoln High School Gender Sexuality Alliance in Des Moines Being a teenager is terrifying — we’re constantly stressed about the homework assignment we put off until the last minute, have 9 million activities to fit into...
Guest op-ed by River Wise, president of the Lincoln High School Gender Sexuality Alliance in Des Moines Being a teenager is terrifying — we’re constantly stressed about the homework assignment we put off until the last minute, have 9 million activities to fit into...
Guest op-ed by Mike Jacobsen, a higher education professional from Williamsburg, Iowa Feb. 3, 2020, the day after the Super Bowl (and my birthday), was going to be a day to remember. Iowa was to kick off the “official” beginning to the 2020 election season, and I...
All eyes are on Iowa. For many, this night has taken months and months (if not years) of planning and preparation, fueling debates about electability, cross-over appeal, experience, fresh faces, and historic candidacies. And in the build up to Monday night’s...
All eyes are on Iowa. For many, this night has taken months and months (if not years) of planning and preparation, fueling debates about electability, cross-over appeal, experience, fresh faces, and historic candidacies. And in the build up to Monday night’s...
Guest op-ed from Mayor Quentin Hart of Waterloo, Iowa. Last July, I walked along the Fourth Street Bridge overlooking the Cedar River, alongside South Bend Mayor Buttigieg. It was the same place I came the night of December 1, 2015, when I learned the people of...
Guest op-ed from Randall A. Renstrom, a political and social psychologist, and associate professor at Central College in Pella If Donald Trump is the Republican Party’s Jimmy Carter, as many political scientists and commentators have suggested, then now is the time...
Guest op-ed from state Reps. Sharon Steckman, Bruce Bearinger, Cindy Winckler, Ruth Ann Gaines, Molly Donahue and former state Rep. Linda Nelson. We need a president who understands that education is one of the very best investments in the future we can make. We...
