Guest post from Jack Schuler I am an atheist who was raised Catholic. The sermons and homilies that I heard growing up don't stick with me anymore, except for one. I remember it clearly. I was...
On Tuesday the Republican Senate silenced Senator Elizabeth Warren during a hearing for Senator Sessions’ nomination as Attorney General. Majority Leader McConnell claimed Senator Warren...
On the same day that Republican Secretary of State Paul Pate finally revealed his "election integrity" bill that aims to make it harder to vote in Iowa, it was revealed that the Dallas County...
If you don’t have as much income as you thought, you need to reduce the amount you spend. In a nutshell, that’s the situation Iowa finds itself in as the fiscal year goes on. Recently, the Iowa...
Republican legislators are moving swiftly on their just-released bill that would make vast changes to Iowa's collective bargaining law. The House will fast-track the bill through both a labor...
After Republicans rode a wave of working class frustration into national and state office in 2016, some of those blue collar voters might expect legislators in Iowa to go to work on their behalf....
As the race for Democratic National Convention chair enters into the final stretch in February, many branches of the party are hosting forums with the seven major contenders. The national party's...
At a public hearing today of the Iowa House Education Committee, members of the public voiced their frustration over yet another year of inadequate school funding. Last week Republicans rammed...
It is assumed that the Republicans in the legislature will introduce anti-public employee bills today. It may range from Governor Branstad’s proposal to remove health care from the current menu...
President Trump’s Muslim ban is so incredibly cruel because of the paralyzing fear it has created in America’s immigrant and refugee communities. It is based on a totally dishonest claim that it...
