CONTENT WARNING: this video contains the clip of an ICE agent shooting and killing Renee Nicole Good. Viewer discretion is advised.
An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. The Trump administration is already spreading lies about what unfolded, which was recorded on camera.
US Sen. Joni Ernst defended the actions of an ICE officer who shot and killed a 37-year-old mother in Minneapolis.
"Our brave ICE officers enforce the law to keep America SAFE!" she said on the social media platform X.
The environmental advocacy group Food & Water Watch has announced a 20-point "clean water blueprint" it says would help protect Iowa's waterways from toxic levels of nitrate and phosphorous pollution. Manure from large-scale agriculture operations routinely pollutes ground and surface water nearby.
A 29-year-old from Cedar Falls wants to see younger voices represented in Des Moines. Drew Stensland is running for Iowa House District 75.
Iowa Republicans stripped the state auditor of their powers after a Democrat won the office. With the seat up for grabs in November, is there interest in restoring the auditor’s ability to investigate corruption in government?
Authoritarianism tries to convince people their voices don't matter—but DOGE backlash and Trump's walk-back on Social Security cuts following widespread outrage suggest otherwise.
Ashley Hinson voted to cut social security by $452 million—a move that voters from both parties oppose.
But when it comes to these issues, people push back and politicians listen.
Factory farms in Iowa generate 110 million pounds of manure per year, but no one tracks where it's going (Hint: our water).
Case New Holland has pulled in $6.6 billion over the last three years, yet they're shutting down its Burlington, Iowa plant in 2026—which has given them $22 million in tax abatements since 1997.
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Evidence-based curricula. That’s what you want taught in Iowa schools, right?
Republicans across the country, including Iowa, have been pushing to require students to watch a video produced by an extreme anti-abortion group—but it’s medically inaccurate and uses political propaganda.
The good news? There are evidence-based alternatives that teachers can use when it comes time to teach fetal development education in the second half of the school year.
✏️: Salina Heller
How a Human Embryo Develops—Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/video/Human-embryonic-development-birth-fertilization/-220087?fbclid=IwY2xjawOtIahleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFSWldqU1lGeFBBN2ExcmtCc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHupGPj5kKNZ6D-2-jMJsrZV5WQkXqWAmKn--qNWVGyiyHTTkL54IzIt77T5-_aem_oKIjGvZzBfqYQx3kL-8r0A&brid=sVMqRylSWIviHjpvOmAiLA
Pregnancy 101—National Geographic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEfnq4Q4bfk&fbclid=IwY2xjawOtIWlleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFSWldqU1lGeFBBN2ExcmtCc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHs5G2LIBnECzdnSAshrI5GZCfn4L1uM5DqOrVZ_ObthbdiXvisJP39Nn4i0X_aem_C63B_YPd-7pncrMflg7Xsw&brid=QmZsCfMoRG2qOR25rgvUfg
