A Brave New World Lies Ahead With Trump’s America
Guest post from Tim Urban Aldous Huxley published Brave New World in 1932, a dystopian novel projecting psychological manipulation and social conditioning t... Read more.
Residents Warn Water Works Bill Will Lead To Flint, Michigan Conditions
Hundreds of worried Central Iowa residents flooded the Iowa Statehouse Monday morning for a public hearing on the Republican bill to dismantle Des Moines Water... Read more.
GOP Plan On Water Quality All About Revenge, Not Solutions
Here’s a prediction — and I hope I’m wrong. The Iowa Legislature will deal with the state’s lousy water quality in lakes, rivers and streams... Read more.
Here’s The Forums You Can Find Your Legislator At This Weekend
Funnel Week has come and gone at the Iowa Statehouse, but that doesn’t mean every piece of legislation that made it through committee will become... Read more.
Indivisible’s Iowa Numbers Explode As They Reinvent Grassroots Organizing
The national group Indivisible has surged across America like a progressive tsunami. Beginning in mid-December with the circulation of the “Indivisible Guide:... Read more.
Mark Chelgren Has No One To Blame But Himself For Sizzler-Gate
Once again, Iowa is back in the national news. This time it’s thanks to our lovely state senator from Ottumwa, Mark Chelgren. NBC News revealed... Read more.
Iowa GOP Targeting Everything Except Fetuses And The NRA
Guest post from Ruth Thompson The “Running with Scissors Administration” is striking fear in the hearts of everyone but fetuses and the NRA. In Iowa, so... Read more.
Coming Up Next At The Iowa Statehouse: School Vouchers
Guest post from House Leader Mark Smith According to the special interests running the show for Republicans at the State Capitol these days, the next... Read more.
College Students Concerned New Voter ID Law Will Disenfranchise Them
Secretary of State Paul Pate’s voter suppression bill is making its way through the Statehouse this week. It passed through a House committee late last... Read more.
Understanding, Talking With The Other Side In The Time Of Trump
Guest post from Tim Urban In an Op-ed in the New York Times titled “Trump Voters Are Not the Enemy,” Nicholas Kristof cites three reasons... Read more.