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,...
I'm supporting Chelsea Chism-Vargas for Des Moines City Council, and the reason why is a lot different than my usual line of thinking. In the past, I’ve been perfectly candid about my disappointment with several elected officials in the Des Moines area, including...
A guest piece from Clinton Petersen of Breda, Iowa. September is National Recovery Month, sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). 2019 marks the 30th year that National Recovery Month is celebrated. I’m writing because I...
Guest piece from Penny Rosfjord, IDP SCC member and former Woodbury County Democrats chair. I love Iowa. And I love to build our party up strong from its foundation. In Woodbury County, we’re used to working hard to get Democrats elected. This election could not be...
The Steak Fry is underway. Your Starting Line team was spread out across the candidates' rally sites. Here's what was happening early on today. Buttigieg’s Camp Sprawls At The Steak Fry Pete Buttigieg’s supporters were visible upon entering the Steak Fry gates....
Guest piece from Scott County Auditor Roxanna Moritz, Polk County Auditor Jamie Fitzgerald and Johnson County Auditor Travis Weipert. The right to vote is the central tenet of our democracy, and the integrity of our voting system is essential to ensuring no voter...
Guest piece from State Representative Lindsay James of Dubuque. One evening last fall, as I finished up a long day of knocking doors in my race for the state House, I welcomed an offer to sit down with a voter on his porch steps. After we introduced ourselves, he...
Guest post from Kylä Paterson, Iowa Democratic Party Stonewall Caucus chair. The 2020 election is far and away the most important election of our lifetime, and I cannot, in good conscience, sit on the sidelines. Our planet, our rights and dignity, and the values of...
Guest piece from Christina Blackcloud, vice chair of the Iowa Democratic Party’s Native American caucus. Living in the first in the nation state comes with a kind of responsibility Iowans carry with pride. We hear from each presidential candidate, and we understand...
Letter to the editor from Eliseo Flores of Des Moines, a recent graduate from Grandview University and summer intern for Julián Castro. Photo of Flores and his grandmother. "There is no substitute for hard work." I remember these words ringing in my head throughout...
