Big Pharma Company Merck Sues Biden Administration To Keep Prices HighPosted June 7th, 2023 at 10:31am by Keya Vakil AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File Full story →
Here’s How the Biden Administration Has Tackled The Mental Health CrisisPosted May 31st, 2023 at 12:29pm by Isabel Soisson The Biden administration has invested billions into improving mental health care in the nation’s schools, providing training to health care providers on suicide prevention and behavioral health, and scaling up crisis lifelines, among other investments. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) Full story →
Post-Roe Abortion Bans Have Led to Devastating Outcomes for Women, Study FindsPosted May 22nd, 2023 at 12:56pm by Isabel Soisson Women have suffered through ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages, fetal anomalies, and other complications, but have found it difficult to get the care they need due to restrictive abortion bans. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) Full story →
Poll: Abortion Rights Widely Supported Across DemographicsPosted May 11th, 2023 at 5:11pm by Nikoel Hytrek Abortion-rights protesters get ready to march to the Iowa governor’s mansion, Friday, June 24, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Full story →
Rural Advocates Want to Take on Monopoly Power and Help Family FarmersPosted May 8th, 2023 at 9:28am by Isabel Soisson Participants of the 2023 Rural Policy Action Summit spoke about how to expand resources for those in rural communities, how to address market concentration and monopoly power, and how to expand access to reproductive health care, among other topics. (Photo by Brandon Byrd) Full story →
House GOP Passes Bill That Would Take Food and Healthcare From Iowa FamiliesPosted April 26th, 2023 at 6:18pm by Keya Vakil Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., holds an event to mark 100 days of the Republican majority in the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 17, 2023. McCarthy is hurtling toward one of the most consequential weeks of the new House Republican majority as he labors to pass a partisan package that would raise the nation’s debt limit by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep cuts that some in his own party oppose. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) Full story →
4 Ways Iowa GOP Lawmakers Are Attacking Students’ RightsPosted April 25th, 2023 at 4:36pm by Amie Rivers Full story →
What Sex Education Looks Like in Iowa in 2023Posted April 24th, 2023 at 4:25pm by Nikoel Hytrek Photo by charlesdeluvio on Unsplash Full story →
No, You Should Not Drink Raw Milk. Here’s Why:Posted April 17th, 2023 at 6:40pm by Amie Rivers In this Friday, April 15, 2016 photo, raw milk is for sale at the Quill’s End Farm, a small family run operation in Penobscot, Maine. The farm is a way of life Heather Retberg said needs to be protected from an aggressive regulatory structure that keeps small farms from getting food to local people. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) Full story →