Divine Media: Achievements of the Drag Queen Who Rose to Fame with John Waters
Divine was an extraordinary actor and drag queen, the star of John Waters’ legendary Baltimore film company Dreamland Productions, and a gay icon who...
Federal Judge Orders Dakota Access Pipeline to Be Shut Down, Emptied of Oil
A federal judge on Monday ordered that the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline that crosses more than 300 miles of Iowa land temporarily be shut...
Steve King Calls on Gov to Crack Down on “Terrorist” Org Black Lives Matter
On Friday, just over a week after comparing Black Lives Matter protesters to Nazis, outgoing Congressman Steve King tweeted at Governor Kim Reynolds to...
Iowa Tapes, Part 2: Skye Carrasco, Nostromo, Jack Lion
Dark Pines, Skye Carrasco — 2011
DARK PINES by skye carrasco
I only got to see Skye Carrasco play live a handful of times, but she...
Sioux Rapids Police Chief Suspended Over Post Advocating Violence vs Protesters
Tim Porter, the police chief of Sioux Rapids in northwest Iowa, has reportedly been suspended for two weeks without pay and will undergo sensitivity...
Grassley: Dems “Don’t Care Anything About the Black Community”
Asked Thursday by a Washington correspondent for the Nexstar Media Group — the parent company of Des Moines station WHO-TV — if he was...
An Interview with Trey Reis of Warm Gospel Tapes
The Des Moines-based artist and musician Trey Reis runs Warm Gospel Tapes, a label that has grown an impressive collection of electronic and experimental...
Steve King Compares Black Lives Matter Protests to Nazi Pogram vs Jews
After a humiliating, self-inflicted primary defeat earlier this month, Congressman Steve King has apparently decided to spend his final, committee-free months in office doing...
Small-Town Police Chief Advocating Violence vs Black Lives Matter Protesters Claims Comment Was “Total...
The police chief of a small town in northwest Iowa is claiming that a comment he made on Facebook Monday that advocated violence against...
The Iowa Connection to Trump’s “Racist Baby” Video Flagged By Twitter
Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional information from Huffington Post reporter Luke O'Brien clarifying the nature of his interactions with Logan...
