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After a summer of back-to-back headlines addressing reproductive rights in Iowa, many college students face frustration and confusion in what is supposed to be one of the most memorable, formative times in their life. But when your bodily autonomy is up for grabs, how great can the college experience really be? Despite that a majority…

“Foundation in Education” was the motto on the Iowa quarter issued in 2004. In my thirty-seven years serving in Iowa public schools as a teacher, principal, and superintendent, I was so proud to be an educator in a state that valued education as much as this one. Yet, despite what the Iowa quarter says, our…

Despite the odds stacked against them, House Democrats are still fighting for Iowans’ reproductive rights. On Monday, legislators introduced a package of bills to protect reproductive freedom in Iowa by: making birth control available over-the-counter through a pharmacist; adding reproductive freedom to the Iowa Constitution; extending postpartum Medicaid coverage to 12 months (rather than the…

A new bill in the Iowa Legislature would allow young teenagers to work in more hazardous conditions, while exempting businesses from liability for work-based learning programs if those teenagers get hurt. 14-year-olds could be assigned a wider array of potentially risky work, and both 14- and 15-year-olds could be scheduled for work shifts that last…

You may have heard the phrase “right to work,” as in, “Iowa is a right-to-work state.” But what does right-to-work mean, and how does that government policy impact you as a worker?