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Gov. Kim Reynolds says her 2017 law gutting collective bargaining for many state and local workers was “badly needed” and “Iowans are better for it.” But advocates for those workers say the opposite has been true in the past six years, with fewer employees handling even more work than before and paltry annual raises of…

This year’s legislative session activated young Iowans to speak out on issues ranging from private schools to LGBTQ rights to gun violence. Starting Line connected with members of some of the student groups leading the action and invited them to talk about how their organizations work, what inspired them to get involved, and what the…

As the strike of unionized Ingredion workers in Cedar Rapids continues well into its second month, company leaders publicized their side, frustrated workers promptly refuted it, and the Cedar Rapids City Council has opted to take a “work it out yourselves” approach. Ingredion, a manufacturer of starches, sweeteners, and other food products, took out a…

Did you know an Iowa librarian wrote the original “Library’s Bill of Rights” as a rebuke to book banning during the rise of fascism, and it became the basis of library policy across the country?