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The Separate World of Taco Trucks in Des Moines
Around lunch time on a mid-October day on Des Moines’ east side, just past the gleaming and gold domes of the state Capitol building,...
How to Make an Extremist
I am outside scrubbing the concrete of the bear enclosure. There is a patch of dark staining the gray expanse, and Bhagavan Antle, the...
Tulsi Gabbard’s Attack on Dems Is Being Exploited by the Right. She Doesn’t Approve.
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is running for president as a Democrat, but an influential right-wing organization is dropping $1.5 million to run a television...
Timeline: Leath’s #Planegate and the Ames Airport Project [Updated]
Editor's note: The #Planegate timeline below was last updated Nov. 15, adding newly revealed details about a hard landing incident Leath was involved in...
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"I have reviewed your claim to be a news site and believe it is false."
— State Sen. Mark "Chickenman" Chelgren, responding to a request for comment about his 2006 arrest for domestic violence
