Iowa
Trump’s war on Iran, health care loom large at Dem debate
January 15, 2020All the candidates mapped a vision for America that drew a sharp contrast with life under Trump.
Read more
Candidates slam labor lawbreakers at Iowa Teamsters Forum
December 16, 2019Presidential candidates are vying for votes in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses on Feb. 3 – the first chance any voters will have to, literally, stand up and be counted about whom they prefer.
Read more
Anti-immigrant scare tactics wear thin among Iowa voters
October 31, 2018Iowans could easily pivot back to support a Democrat who offered something better than two years of “build a wall” and disparaging brown and Black people.
Read more
Union nurse in chaotic Iowa Dem gubernatorial primary
June 1, 2018Glasson has pledged to repeal the Republicans’ anti-union laws and restore bargaining rights.
Read more
The ‘Grand Old Woman of U.S. Communism’: Mother Bloor and Iowa farmers
May 11, 2016Mother Bloor is famous in labor and radical circles, but unknown to many, she was also a key figure in the farmer's struggle in Iowa during the Depression.
Read more