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Did you know these 8 movies were filmed In Iowa?

July 13, 2024

California may be home to Hollywood, but so many of your favorite films were set against backdrops far removed from the glitterati of the West Coast. With huge studios like Warner Bros., MGM, and RKO Pictures churning out film after film during the heyday of the silver screen, California made a name for itself as…

Did you know these 8 movies were filmed In Iowa?

From the Wave to Campaniling, 6 fun traditions Iowa college students can look forward to

August 29, 2025

Every Iowa college has its own unique traditions that carry on from one generation of students to the next. Here are six of the most famous.

From the Wave to Campaniling, 6 fun traditions Iowa college students can look forward to

Bohannan, Baccam make gains: Two of Iowa’s congressional races enter ‘toss up’ territory

October 4, 2024

Political analysts are beginning to reflect what organizers on the ground have known for months. Two congressional races in Iowa are tight. Democratic challengers Christina Bohannan and Lanon Baccam have seen an updraft of volunteers and money as they take on incumbent Republicans Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn.

Bohannan, Baccam make gains: Two of Iowa’s congressional races enter ‘toss up’ territory

‘Poor Management’ Reason for First-Day Strike at Iowa City Starbucks

August 25, 2023

Iowa City Starbucks workers went on strike for the second time this summer, this time taking recurring issues with their site’s manager to the picket line. The Iowa City Starbucks, located at Burlington and Clinton in downtown, is the first and so far only Starbucks in Iowa to unionize. Their efforts to meet with the…

‘Poor Management’ Reason for First-Day Strike at Iowa City Starbucks

Students: ISU LGBTQ Center turned into ‘generic study lab’ by IA Republicans’ DEI law

November 21, 2024

Iowa Republicans’ decision to restrict DEI programs means the loss of one university’s LGBTQ+ center, where students have found friendship and safety to be themselves for decades. When Madison O. visited the suite of offices that make up the Center for LGBTQIA+ Student Success at Iowa State University’s Memorial Union, she felt free. “I always…

Students: ISU LGBTQ Center turned into ‘generic study lab’ by IA Republicans’ DEI law

If you want to retain Iowa teachers, vote in school board elections

October 24, 2023

Want to stop the mass exodus of quality teachers from leaving Iowa? Want to make sure they’re not only paid fairly, but feel like their district has their back? Turns out, your vote on Nov. 7 could mean the difference between a school board that cares about teachers and a board that just wants to…

If you want to retain Iowa teachers, vote in school board elections

Biden makes 4 million more workers eligible for overtime pay

April 24, 2024

The US Department of Labor says updated regulations will increase income thresholds to ensure lower-income salaried employees are fairly compensated when they work more than 40 hours per week.

Biden makes 4 million more workers eligible for overtime pay

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…

We set out to understand Iowa’s cancer crisis. Here’s what we learned

October 14, 2025

The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa Share with a friend Amie here. When my colleague Zachary Oren Smith and I started writing The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa in July, our goal was simple: We wanted to explore why Iowa has the second-highest cancer rate in the nation—and the fastest-growing one, even…

We set out to understand Iowa’s cancer crisis. Here’s what we learned

Progressives sweep in Urbandale School Board race

November 7, 2023

Progressives endorsed by the teachers union swept the Urbandale school board race, though the lone incumbent just squeaked back into her seat. Six candidates were running for four open seats, all at-large. Katherine Howsare, who has been on the school board for eight years—or two four-year terms—was the only incumbent school board member running. She…

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