Videos
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Cornhole Champions #15: Dancing on the graves of bad bills (w/ Giselle Bruskewitz)
Iowa’s farmers and food producers are facing a crisis that’s been brewing behind the scenes at the US Department of Agriculture. Since President Donald Trump took office and his number two billionaire Elon Musk has been taking a club to federal programs, the consequences have been mounting. And now Iowa food growers are left with…
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WATCH: Waterloo, Iowa residents hold open forum on DOGE cuts
From Lutheran Social Services of Iowa, to housing and public health advocates, nonprofits talk about what happened after they suddenly lost federal funding from Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts.
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WATCH: Iowa still has the fastest growing rate of new cancer diagnoses
But sure, trans people are the source of Iowa’s problems.
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WATCH: How to help trans and nonbinary Iowans
After Gov. Kim Reynolds signed an Iowa law that actually takes away trans and nonbinary folks’ rights, you might be wondering what you can do to help. Here are a few suggestions.
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Cornhole Champions #14: Funnel Week foibles (w/ Luke Elzinga)
The Iowa Capitol is buzzing this week. It’s one of two so called “Funnel Weeks.” These are self imposed deadlines placed on the legislative process. The idea is that we’ve only got 110 days to get through the billbook. They need to focus up or risk being stuck in Des Moines all year. In practice,…
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Cornhole Champions #13: The abortion pill and its discontents
Iowa’s near-total abortion ban is in effect. Nonetheless, Iowans are still getting abortions. It’s just harder and more expensive, often requiring travel outside the state. On this episode of Cornhole Champions, hosts Zachary Oren Smith speaks with Iowa Abortion Access Fund’s Lyz Lenz about the crisis unfolding six months after Iowa’s six-week abortion ban took…
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WATCH: Advice for Democrats running in rural districts
We can’t win races we don’t compete in. On a new Cornhole Champions podcast, an honest conversation about that costs and why Jess Piper of Blue Missouri did it anyway.
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WATCH: Change has always come from the people
Our leaders may be throwing up their hands—but we don’t have to. There actually ARE things you can do, right now.
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WATCH: Iowa Republicans in lockstep
Who is responsible for Iowa Republicans being in lockstep?
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WATCH: What exactly is Trump suing the Des Moines Register for?
Legal historian and defamation law expert Samantha Barbas breaks down Miller-Meeks and Trump’s lawsuit against the Iowa Poll. Toss some bags with us.
