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Big layoffs=bad press? Welcome to ‘forever layoffs’

January 15, 2026

Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend It’s the big, sudden layoffs or closings that really get our attention—when hundreds are let go at John Deere plants across the state, or Tyson closes in Perry. Companies don’t generally want the bad press that goes along with that. So some…

Big layoffs=bad press? Welcome to ‘forever layoffs’

‘Be brave and call out the BS’: Your letters, Aug. 18, 2026

August 17, 2026

“When will we address the elephant in the room? GREED!!”

‘Be brave and call out the BS’: Your letters, Aug. 18, 2026

5 Inspiring Facts About Iowa’s Trailblazing First Lady Lou Henry Hoover

March 9, 2023

Sure, you probably know about Iowa’s only US President. But did you know his wife was an amazing humanitarian (and cool as hell)? Credited with being the person who started Girl Scout cookie sales nationwide, Iowa native and First Lady Lou Henry Hoover also traveled the world, helped save Americans during World War I, fought…

5 Inspiring Facts About Iowa’s Trailblazing First Lady Lou Henry Hoover

Kim Reynolds’ Private School Voucher Plan Led To Tuition Hikes

May 12, 2023

The cost of attending a private K-12 school in Iowa will go up for many families in the 2023-24 school year even after Iowa Republicans at Gov. Kim Reynolds’ behest approved using hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to supposedly make private education affordable to all who want it. The first bill to pass in…

Kim Reynolds’ Private School Voucher Plan Led To Tuition Hikes

Unpaid workers making up for Medicaid shortfall

March 12, 2026

Inside: News about and for the working class Share with a friend Amie here. This week, I spoke with an Iowa woman who says the government’s Medicaid cuts mean she’s relying on unpaid care work from her friends. Christie Cellman is a 39-year-old Ottumwa native. She has her master’s in social work and is…