Steve King’s Closing Argument: An Impassioned Defense of Austria’s Far Right
Amid a week of the most intense media scrutiny he’s ever faced, the air of inevitability about his re-election Tuesday dissipating in dramatic fashion...
Iowa College Campuses Respond To Bias- And Hate-Related Incidences
As soon as students get off Highway 30 and arrive at Iowa State University, in Ames, they are greeted with bright yellow banners saying,...
What Does Pete Brownell Know About Russia’s Ties to the NRA and Donald...
On May 7, the National Rifle Association announced that Pete Brownell, CEO of the Iowa firearms accessories giant Brownells Inc., was stepping down as...
School Deform in Iowa: A Historic and Present Danger
Dear Governor Branstad,
I think it would be good if Iowa had school vouchers. It doesn’t seem fair that if I want to go to...
TigerSwan’s Surveillance of Protesters in Iowa Continues
Energy Transfer Partners’ Dakota Access crude oil pipeline began service June 1, but a private security firm employed by the company last year to...
The Trump Inauguration and the Rising Tide of Far-Right Nationalism in America
At noon on the eve of Inauguration Day, a few short hours after arriving in Washington DC on an overnight road trip from Ames,...
Vulgar Scenes from Trump’s Return to Des Moines
“Lock her up! Lock her up!” the crowd gathered Friday afternoon in Des Moines chants. Gov. Terry Branstad appears to begin nodding and then...
The Bakken Pipeline Resistance: A Dispatch from the Des Moines River Flotilla
We almost don’t make it to the put-in site in time to join the flotilla against the Bakken pipeline on the Des Moines River....
Triumph of the Gaystapo
When talk radio host Steve Deace invited Bob Eschliman to appear on his show the week before Christmas in 2014, so that he could...
Facing Bernie’s Political Revolution, Clinton Aims to Avoid Second Iowa Upset
Five hours till the new year and another 32 days until Iowa's leadoff caucuses, Bernie Sanders makes a lofty pitch to the hundreds of revelers gathered in the...
