Videos
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WATCH: Different states, different justice (w/ Sarah Hedlund and Diana Mondragon) – Cornhole Champions #42
On this episode of Cornhole Champions, Zachary Oren Smith sits down with the co-hosts of “Blooming After Grooming” to explore how a predator moved from Iowa to Illinois after a relationship ended, and how state laws either support or fail survivors seeking accountability.
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WATCH: Why aren’t Republicans holding town halls?
Yet another one of Iowa’s members of Congress was caught in a major gaffe. Here’s what to take away from this one.
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WATCH: Iowa GOP Rep. Miller-Meeks says she’ll hold a town hall ‘when hell freezes over’
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks told Johnson County Republicans at an August meeting that she would hold a town hall “when hell freezes over.” A video of the full meeting was uploaded to YouTube, but the county party took the video down this week. GOP congressional leaders told members in March not to hold public town halls,…
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WATCH: Individual factors don’t fully explain Iowa’s cancer crisis
Several of Shannon Huey’s family members have had cancer, many at young ages. Though genetics and personal choices can play a role in cancer risk, she thinks her family’s long list of diagnoses means there’s more to the story.
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WATCH: How are you caring for Iowa’s environment?
Over the last few weeks, our team has been drawing connections between pesticide usage, nitrate-contaminated water, a severe lack of regulations, and our state’s cancer crisis. The reaction may be to freeze or flight, but the one that will make things better is fight. How are you fighting for Iowa’s environment? How can we build…
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WATCH: Big Ag corruption is ruining Iowans’ health
Corporations have plenty of strategies for manipulating government regulations, but how does it impact the governed? On the latest episode of Cornhole Champions, investigative journalist Carey Gillam answers your question on how Big Ag is casting Iowans’ health aside to make a profit. Watch here: https://youtu.be/fovhopStD0c?si=E3tOIxZeh_CeCsmU
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WATCH: Trump float booed at Iowa City homecoming parade
Parade attendees expressed their frustration amid immigration crack downs in Iowa.
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WATCH: Des Moines students walk out after superintendent’s immigration arrest
Hundreds of students in Iowa’s largest school district walked out of class to protest Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts’ immigration arrest last week.
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WATCH: What policy could lower Iowa’s high cancer rates?
It’s true that personal health and habits drive up our risk of cancer, but they do not tell the full story. To take on Iowa’s cancer crisis, the government will need to take action.
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WATCH: Iowa’s $400,000 scandal: Research on ag pollution buried (w/ Carey Gillam) – Cornhole Champions #41
Iowa has the second-highest cancer rate in the nation, and it’s getting worse. A million-dollar study confirmed what many suspected: agricultural pollution is poisoning our water and making Iowans sick. However, after scientists completed their research, the $400,000 set aside to tell Iowans about it simply disappeared. On this episode of Cornhole Champions, Zachary Oren…
