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WATCH: 🌽 Iowa lost $17.6 BILLION to brain drain (PT 1) – Cornhole Champions #34

August 6, 2025

Iowa is hemorrhaging talent at an alarming rate, and the economic impact is staggering. A new report reveals that 34% more college graduates leave Iowa than stay, with the 2023 cohort alone representing a devastating $17.6 billion loss in potential income for the state. On this episode of Cornhole Champions, Zachary Oren Smith, Amie Rivers,…

WATCH: 🌽 Iowa lost $17.6 BILLION to brain drain (PT 1) – Cornhole Champions #34

Miller-Meeks represents Iowa’s 1st. She lives in Iowa’s 3rd

December 23, 2025

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,…

Miller-Meeks represents Iowa’s 1st. She lives in Iowa’s 3rd

Could this help small Iowa farmers thrive?

April 30, 2026

Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Welcome to Thursday’s Almanac. Don’t forget to call in sick tomorrow. If break time’s over, here’s the tl;dr: Luther College student goes to World Bank with big ideas on helping small farmers; Upcoming Iowa layoffs; Iowa labor news briefs; Where are those…

Could this help small Iowa farmers thrive?

1st Starbucks in Des Moines voting on a union

July 24, 2025

News about and for the working class Share with a friend It’s Thursday, July 24, 2025. As part of our Cancer in Iowa series, Zachary and I are looking for Iowans who have concerns that the chemicals, processes, or other things in your workplace may be cancer-causing—or have already caused cancer in them or…

1st Starbucks in Des Moines voting on a union

Rallies, protests, town halls, and Trump

June 30, 2025

Plus: A photo of a cute baby Share with a friend It’s Monday, June 30, 2025. Amie here. If you’ll indulge me (you have no choice), my brother and his wife are publicly sharing baby photos now, so here’s lil’ Nico! Tiny baby hands! OK, back to our regularly scheduled newsletter! Amie Rivers Newsletter Editor,…

Rallies, protests, town halls, and Trump

Coralville Costco Would Be 1st in Midwest to Unionize

March 12, 2025

Share with a friend It’s Worker Wednesday, Mar. 12, 2025. Amie here. I may be changing around my newsletters a bit, but don’t worry: The Iowa Worker’s Almanac isn’t going anywhere. First of all, news about what folks are going through on the job is kind of the main thing we all worry about:…

Coralville Costco Would Be 1st in Midwest to Unionize

Iowa City Starbucks Files to Unionize the Same Week Ex-CEO Grilled in Senate

March 29, 2023

A Starbucks coffee shop in Iowa City is the first Starbucks in the state to file for union representation. The move occurred just two days before the company’s former CEO was asked to testify before a US Senate committee for union busting. Thirty-one workers at the Burlington and Clinton Starbucks, at 228 South Clinton St.,…

Iowa City Starbucks Files to Unionize the Same Week Ex-CEO Grilled in Senate

8 best House Hunters episodes set in Iowa

July 7, 2025

For these buyers, purchasing their forever home in Iowa was a dream come true. Check out these gripping episodes of “House Hunters” to see a new side of Iowa.

8 best House Hunters episodes set in Iowa

Only Iowa’s big cities get hospitals now?

July 31, 2025

News about and for the working class Share with a friend It’s Thursday, July 31, 2025. Amie here. Have you read Zachary Oren Smith‘s latest story on what Medicaid cuts are doing to Iowans who rely on rural hospitals? Here’s a preview.👇 When Dr. Robin Plattenberger retired from her Washington County practice…

Only Iowa’s big cities get hospitals now?

651 laid off at Whirlpool in Amana

April 1, 2025

On Tuesday, news broke that 651 Iowans are soon to be laid off by June 1 from Whirlpool in Amana. That’s about a third of its workforce.

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