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WATCH: Iowans, talk to your lawmakers about cancer
Iowa Rep. Austin Baeth (D-Des Moines) urges Iowans to talk to their lawmakers this legislative session about the state’s cancer crisis. Check out the latest epsiode of Cornhole Champions here: https://youtu.be/zHIPuHtbfIg?si=044Vuk_w7rfYeyNW
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WATCH: What Iowa can do to reverse cancer rates? (w/ State Rep. Austin Baeth) – Cornhole Champions #43
Iowa has the second-highest cancer rate in the nation, and it’s getting worse. State Rep. Austin Baeth isn’t just a politician. He’s a practicing physician who sees cancer patients every day and watches people die from this disease in his palliative care work. His unique perspective as both doctor and lawmaker reveals the harsh reality:…
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WATCH: This day in history: Anti-gay media personality Anita Bryant pied in Des Moines
On this day in 1977, gay rights activist Thom Higgins pied anti-gay media personality Anita Bryant at a press conference in Des Moines. Bryant was in town promoting her ongoing campaign against LGBTQ+ rights, including a plan for a network of conversion therapy centers.
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WATCH: Protestors chant ‘quit your job’ at ICE officers in Cedar Rapids
This video was posted to social media amid a growing presence of ICE across the nation. Follow Iowa Starting Line for more.
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WATCH: How Iowans can push back this Banned Books Week
Have a favorite banned book? Share it with us in the comments! We promise not to report you to Kim Reynolds.
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WATCH: The “Iowa Wave” is about hope. NIH cuts threaten that.
The Trump administration has cut $2.7 billion from NIH funding, canceling hundreds of research grants nationwide. These cuts will slow cancer research, limit access to lifesaving care, and weaken Iowa’s ability to respond to those in need.
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WATCH: UnityPoint spends millions on union-busting instead of safer workplace policies
2,000 nurses at UnityPoint Health are unionizing in what is considered the largest union effort in Iowa’s history. They’re also facing a multimillion-dollar union-busting campaign.
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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,…
