Guest op-ed from Steve Warnstadt, a former state senator and brigadier general Recent events in the Middle East have one thing crystal clear: our country desperately needs a steady hand as the commander in chief. That’s the main reason I decided to support Pete...
Guest op-ed by Prakash Kopparapu, chair of the Asian and Latino Coalition From Russia to North Korea and the threat of ebola to ISIS, international engagement and foreign policy are among the most pressing issues for our country. Yet we haven’t heard a ton from the...
Guest op-ed by Polk County Democrats Chair Sean Bagniewski The Democratic National Committee’s road to the debate stage was paved with good intentions. Throughout 2018, a record number of up-and-coming Democratic presidential candidates crisscrossed the country and...
Guest op-ed from Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, Duluth Mayor Emily Larson, Moorhead Mayor Johnathan Judd and Mankato Mayor Najwa Massad. This week, Senator Amy Klobuchar will take part in the Local America Presidential Forum hosted by the United States Conference of...
Guest op-ed from Mary Jo Riesberg and Vernon Windsor, chair/vice chair of the Lee County Democrats Mary Jo Riesberg My faith is the driving force in my life. It is my guide on how I should treat others, especially the vulnerable, poor, and marginalized. I don’t...
Guest op-ed from Jim Chrisinger, an Iowan assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Prague from 1987-1990 We celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1989 revolutions in Eastern Europe in part because they followed decades of unwavering American support for democracy and...
Guest op-ed from Deborah Rosenblum, Executive Vice President, Nuclear Threat Initiative. She will be holding an event Thursday, 11/20 at Levitt Hall at Drake University, noon to 1:00 PM. For nearly a half-century, the world’s nuclear superpowers have been bound by...
Guest op-ed from Patty Judge, chair of Focus on Rural America Iowans take our role in the presidential process very seriously. Much like combining corn at midnight to get the crop in before rainfall, we make time when it’s important. When hit from spring to fall...
Guest op-ed from Bonnie Louise Brown, a member of the Iowa Democratic Party State Central Committee Right now in this country and in our home state of Iowa, we have a crisis. Hate crimes are on the rise. We have concentration camps on our southern border and...
Guest op-ed from Chris Schwartz, a member of the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors Conversion therapy is a dangerous form of psychological abuse with the intent of “changing” someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The American Medical Association,...
