Iowa
There’s a Mobile Vasectomy Clinic Nicknamed ‘The Nutcracker’ (Yes, Really)
World Vasectomy Day is next month, and the van is offering free vasectomies to celebrate.
The GOP Wants Cameras in Classrooms to Fight Teachers’ ‘Sinister Agenda’
Everyone knows you can’t have freedom and liberty without expanding the surveillance state.
People Without COVID Are Dying Because Hospitals Are Full of Unvaxxed Patients
The daughter of an Iowa man who died after waiting two weeks for a hospital bed blames unvaccinated COVID patients for “clogging” hospitals.
Death Threats Are Creating a Mass Exodus of Election Officials
“Your husband should tell the truth, or your three kids… will be fatally shot.”
Black Democratic Party Chair Says He Got Lynching Threat for Criticizing Trump
“The voicemails include very explicit language. Every other word was the N-word,” said Iowa Democratic Party chair Ross Wilburn.
10,000 John Deere Workers Go on Strike
"This is about wages. With what other people are paying, it doesn’t matter if this is McDonald's or Wendy's. We’ve been stagnant compared to everyone else."
Trump Supporter Who Shot at 4 Black Teens During Rally Just Plead Guilty
A 15-year-old girl was hit in the leg and taken to a nearby hospital.
These Black Doulas Are Taking On Iowa’s Maternal Mortality Crisis
In the overwhelmingly white state, Black women are dramatically more likely to die giving birth.
Hackers Force Iowa College to Cancel Classes for Four Days
A “cyberattack” is disrupting classes at the Des Moines Area Community College, where the school has cancelled in-person classes for four days and counting.
Photographing an Isolating Normalcy
To make sense of his new surroundings, photographer Chad Rhym set out to document his experience as a double-conscious outsider: a new home in a new reality.
Iowa Republican Wants to Track Down Pregnant People With ‘Targeted Digital Marketing’
Rep. Sandy Salmon’s bill, which is making its way through the Iowa Legislature, would have the government track people down to try to talk them out of abortions.
Tyson Manager Who Bet on Which Workers Would Get COVID Says It Was Just 'Something Fun'
More than 1,000 of an Iowa plant’s 2,800 workers contracted the virus. Six of them died.