The Iowa Mercury
Douglas Burns, Nik HeftmanFourth-generation Iowa journalist dives deep with unpredictable, well-reported writing on rural America's people, politics and culture.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issues | 226 | Subscribers | Read | theiowamercury.substack.com |
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'It took a disabled man to lead a disabled nation.' How Josh Turek's formula of empathy + solutions (minus self pity) is a winning one
It’s head-spinning to be at once depressed and optimistic.
The ferocious urgency of Caleb Rainey's spoken-word poem on murder in Minneapolis, an ode to Renee Good
Caleb “The Negro Artist” Rainey crafted a fierce spoken-word poem from the collision of anger and love in his internal monologue in the days after the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
Jesse Jackson was a rural Iowan as much as any of us. He should lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol
Speaker of The House Mike Johnson is just wrong on his decision to deny a request from the family of the late civil rights leader and presidential candidate Jesse Jackson to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol.
Affordability, cross-state competitiveness central in Carter Lake candidate's Statehouse run
Eric Armstrong, a candidate for the Iowa Statehouse, pictured in downtown Council Bluffs Friday night with his wife, Hillary Parker. Photo By Douglas Burns
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Authors
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Douglas Burns is a fourth-generation Iowa journalist and co-founder of The Western Iowa Journalism Foundation. Burns is the former co-owner of the Carroll (Iowa) Times Herald, which was in his family for 93 years.
Nik Heftman is an Emmy award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker. He produced stories for CBS Mornings for half a decade before starting his mission-driven video and event production company, The Seven Times.
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