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‘I find MAHA rather hypocritical’: Your letters June 2, 2026

June 2, 2026

“We see the President eating fast food, sucking down soda pop, and eating very poorly, yet he sits and says American people on SNAP are causing a drain on medical costs due to their unhealthy eating habits.”

☕️ 2nd Starbucks in Iowa Unionizes: Here’s How

July 17, 2024

The newsletter for Iowa’s working class Share with a friend It’s Worker Wednesday: July 17, 2024. A second Starbucks has officially unionized in Iowa—and two workers I spoke with say they were almost the first. Eighteen workers at the Starbucks store on East 53rd Street in Davenport filed with the National Labor Relations Board…

☕️ 2nd Starbucks in Iowa Unionizes: Here’s How

Iowa Legislature passes budget bill, adjourns with no property tax cut

May 15, 2025

Lawmakers worked through the night Wednesday to reach a budget deal after a contentious session went into overtime. While most of us were sleeping, the Iowa Legislature adjourned — 13 days late. Legislators had to burn the midnight oil to close out a 123-day session and pass a nearly $9.4 billion budget. Before the session…

Iowa Legislature passes budget bill, adjourns with no property tax cut

8 enchanting holiday events across Iowa in December 2024

November 28, 2024

With the holidays fast approaching, Iowans have plenty of ways to celebrate an array of traditions. Here are the best holiday events happening in Iowa this year.

8 enchanting holiday events across Iowa in December 2024

Find a May Day Rally in Iowa

May 1, 2025

Share with a friend It’s Thursday, May 1, 2025. Amie here. Happy International Workers’ Day, celebrated by all the countries around the world except the US and Canada (because we’re mad about its socialist underpinnings). It’s also the basis for today’s May Day National Day of Action, put on by grassroots groups like the…

✈️ Des Moines Allegiant pilot warns a strike could be coming

December 18, 2025

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…

✈️ Des Moines Allegiant pilot warns a strike could be coming

Katzer: Spencer is my hometown. It will bounce back from flood

June 26, 2024

Starting Line Intern Grace Katzer is from Spencer, one of many Northwest Iowa communities ravaged by flooding. We asked her to write about it, and here are her thoughts. “The water is creeping closer.” The text from my mom sent my heart plummeting toward my feet. It had taken most of Saturday, June 22, for…

Katzer: Spencer is my hometown. It will bounce back from flood

A Mt. Pleasant man is facing deportation. Here’s how you can help

November 20, 2025

News about and for the working class Share with a friend The kidnapping goon squad gutting our workforce keeps rolling to more cities across the US. Its newest target is Charlotte, North Carolina, and soon ICE and Border Patrol will bring their terror to New Orleans. But deportations of immigrant workers continue to happen…

A Mt. Pleasant man is facing deportation. Here’s how you can help

Bettendorf Starbucks could be 3rd in Iowa to unionize

February 12, 2025

As Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) members representing more than 500 Starbucks stores nationwide prepare for mediation with their company—a huge step in their quest to begin bargaining a first contract—I spoke with workers at a Starbucks in Bettendorf who are getting ready for an election to possibly become the third unionized Starbucks in Iowa. Michael…

Bettendorf Starbucks could be 3rd in Iowa to unionize

Savor the flavors of Iowa at exclusive farm-to-table events starting Oct. 29

October 27, 2024

The Iowa Tourism Office partnered with the Iowa Restaurant Association to launch an exclusive farm-to-table dinner series, and we have all the details.

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