The politics and culture of Iowa, the Midwest, and beyond.
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“You Invited us Here”
Iowa Lao Natasinh group performing the Fon Ouy Pon Thon Hub (The Blessing Dance) at the Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice Talent Show (courtesy MMJ)
I spotted Elena Casillas-Hoffman, Communications Specialist with the Iowa Migrant Movement...
Dear Julie Gammack
One of our party barges on the lake!
Dear Julie Gammack,
Once again, you plucked me from my little corner of the universe in rural southern Iowa, which seems so small to others yet so vast to me, and set me down tenderly on the banks of t...
Chris Jones (D), Candidate for Secretary of Agriculture in Iowa, is a “Radical”
Drainage from a cattle lot running directly into the Des Moines River in Mahaska County, March 17, 2024
On Friday, the Des Moines Register reported that Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has endorsed Chris Jones, Democratic candidate for Secr...
Sarah Goes to Washington
Sarah McGriff of New Sharon, Iowa, tried to talk to Representative Ashley Hinson at the Iowa State Fair about Iowa’s high cancer rates and our poor water quality. Hinson wouldn’t speak with her.
Iowa Congressional Republicans, including Hi...
“Can We Finally Stop Talking about Trans Sports?”
Crowd protesting Iowa Republicans taking away the rights of trans Iowans on February 27, 2025
Iowa Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand held a town hall at the University of Iowa in Iowa City on Monday evening. More than 900 people...
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Robert Leonard is a former radio news reporter. He has bylines in the New York Times, TIME, USA Today, the Des Moines Register, the Iowa Capitol Dispatch, the Kansas City Star, and many more.
Jason Walsmith is based in Earlham, Iowa. He is well traveled and always looking for a new story to tell. Jason has spent the last 30 years taking pictures for publications and companies as well as touring North America in a rock and roll band.
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