Ross Wilburn knows he has two targets on his back at all times: He’s a high-profile public official and he’s Black. Wilburn, a state representative and chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, is used to being on the receiving end of racist remarks; however, three...
When the Waukee Community School District implemented an equity standard last year, it passed with little pushback. This year, however, it has become a target as part of a national wave of anti-critical race theory (CRT) candidates’ runs for school board. In...
Manape LaMere came home to Sioux City to make a difference. The son of the late Native American activist Frank LaMere, Manape is an activist in his own right. The 42-year-old spent five years living in South Dakota fighting for indigenous people’s rights, including...
Chris “Chrisco” Hill got his foot in the door of the shoe industry by selling custom-painted sneakers out of his dorm room at Iowa Central Community College. The big reason his work caught on at the school’s Fort Dodge campus was because he served as a walking...
I honestly couldn’t tell you the last time I became really emotional in a movie theater before I saw "Storm Lake" on Monday. This is not me pretending I’m some super macho guy who doesn’t ever cry or express his emotions; I just don’t get teary in theaters....
Many of Iowa’s school board races in November are shaping up to be unusually hyper-partisan contests, with far-right candidates challenging incumbents over masking policies and the teaching of American history. In several high-profile cases, they're being publicly...
Some of Iowa’s anti-mask mandate parents have a new strategy to get what they want: threatening to defund public education by temporarily pulling their children out of school. Jeff Fahrmann of Ankeny started a petition that opposed the Ankeny School District...
The past is starting to catch up with an Arizona company whose traveling taco festivals have left a sour taste in the mouths of its attendees. Organizers in Wisconsin canceled the upcoming Madison Taco Festival citing complaints from other cities and media reports—...
Ivermectin—a livestock dewormer some COVID minimizers falsely think can cure the disease—has become a recent mainstay on Google Trends for American internet users. Health agencies across the country warn Americans not to use the drug as a preventative measure or...
Doug Jensen is going back to jail due in part to Mike Lindell after he violated his pre-trial release conditions to watch the pillow entrepreneur spout conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election. The Des Moines man, who stormed the US Capitol Building...
