In half an hour, the caucus was over and the room had picked a nominee. After pitches from representatives of three candidates, students at Grinnell College settled into their spots along the wall with only a handful to be won over. They moved from station to...
Housing advocates’ push to bring attention to affordability struggles fell short of the Iowa spotlight as the top five polling candidates caused the cancellation of a scheduled affordable housing debate this Friday. Top-tier candidates Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren,...
Sen. Bernie Sanders still commands the youth vote in Iowa, according to today's Youth Caucus Straw Poll results as of late afternoon. Sanders nearly doubled the next-closest Democratic contender in the Iowa Secretary of State's annual survey of high school...
Guest column from Dr. Jill Biden on Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Cancer has been a dark thread throughout my life. Both my parents died of it, and in 2015, Joe and I lost Beau to glioblastoma. Cancer is a brutal disease; it shatters our hearts and steals our joy....
Presidents of two major international labor organizations are praising Vice President Joe Biden’s new plan to protect unions. The plan takes a number of steps to protect workers’ rights by holding CEOs responsible for interfering with organizing efforts, ensuring...
During his latest trip to Iowa, Beto O’Rourke emphasized how the federal government should redirect its focus to the needs of individual Americans. On the trip, the former Texas congressman pointed out failings like the country's lack of gun control and the...
Affordable housing advocates are making a case for municipal support to generally receptive local officials as a projected workforce housing crisis approaches Polk County. A newly released workforce housing study found Polk County will need to add 57,170 new...
During an interview late last week on the AM Quad Cities radio show, Sen. Joni Ernst blamed her struggling campaign on Iowa's changing demographics, rather than on her voting record. At a fundraiser with Vice President Mike Pence earlier this month, Ernst admitted...
Guest piece from five Montanans who moved to Iowa to organize for Governor Steve Bullock -- Bullock for President Iowa Organizers Rio Aagaard-Shively, Alice Boyer, Shelby Fisher, Korbin Bragstad, and Harry Child. Montana has been a home that’s given more than we...
State Rep. Ashley Hinson's fundraising has largely held steady over the last six months, though she still trails the Democratic incumbent in Iowa's 1st Congressional District. Hinson, of Marion, is running to unseat Rep. Abby Finkenauer in the eastern Iowa swing...
