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☕️ Iowa City strikers shut down their store
News about and for the working class Share with a friend The high temperature was just 18 degrees and breezy in Iowa City on Dec. 19. But Abigail Scheppmann and a coworker were standing outside the closed Starbucks store for hours anyway, waving their STRIKE signs at passersby and walking around to keep warm.…
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Have you caught the ‘super flu’ yet?
Plus: Protests, viral post of the week, and more Share with a friend Amie here. Lucky me, I caught one of the viruses going around Iowa during break. It’s likely the “super flu” variant going around (not covered by the shot), as flu activity is “very high” across the state right now (and the nation…
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🎇 What’s giving you hope in 2026?
Plus: Positively Iowa and what got us through Share with a friend Amie here. It’s been a tough year. For those of us who believe a better, more just world is possible, watching our state and federal leaders make it smaller and meaner has been disheartening and demoralizing. For those of us going through…
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Miller-Meeks represents Iowa’s 1st. She lives in Iowa’s 3rd
Plus: Protests, rallies, and more Share with a friend Amie here. Happy shortened holiday week! This will be the only email from us this week; I’ll have one for you on Dec. 30, and then we’re back the week of Jan. 5. In this issue: A special election for Central Iowans, protests and rallies,…
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💜 9 Iowa acts of kindness we loved in 2025
Plus: Your emails and Positively Iowa Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday: Time for Only in Iowa, Positively Iowa, this week’s pet photo, and of course, reader replies! Polk County baby gets measles: An infant who was too young to get vaccinated has contracted measles after they “recently traveled to an area where…
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✈️ Des Moines Allegiant pilot warns a strike could be coming
News about and for the working class Share with a friend “Allegiant needs to invest in their people and their pilots.” So says Tyler Heavey, a captain with Allegiant Airlines for the last six years. He told me he loves his job. But he doesn’t love the way the company has treated him…
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Conservative Iowa mom denied care during fatal pregnancy
Plus: Protests, rallies, and more Share with a friend Amie here. Happy week-before-Xmas! In this issue: Candidate meet-ups, protests and rallies, and this week’s viral post. What is nitrate, and why is it my problem? Prairie Rivers of Iowa has launched a new short video series explaining it all. Amie Rivers Newsletter Editor,…
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7 immigrant-owned Iowa businesses to support this holiday season
Plus: Your emails and Positively Iowa Share with a friend 🗣️ It’s Friday: Time for Only in Iowa, Positively Iowa, this week’s pet photo, and of course, reader replies! Kum & Gone: It truly is the end of an era. What do you think about these new automated license plate readers popping up…
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☕️ Starbucks strike comes to Iowa: How you can help
News about and for the working class Share with a friend “The pressure keeps rising.” That’s what Jacob Scroggins told me recently. (If you don’t remember him from my earlier article on it, he’s a shift supervisor at the Merle Hay Road Starbucks in Des Moines who helped organize workers to form the fourth…
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What to know about today’s special election in Northwest Iowa
Plus: Protests, rallies, and more Share with a friend Amie here. This better not be how winter’s gonna be this year, I tell you what! Photo of me trying to go grocery shopping this weekend. I’ve got candidates, protests, news, and a viral post to start your week. Special election today: Tuesday, Dec. 9, is the…
