Iowa
Iowa Senate Pulls All-Nighter to Roll Back Child Labor Protections
The Senate voted on a bill allowing 14-year-olds to work six-hour night shifts, and passed it at 4:52 a.m.
Minnesota Could Become a Trans Sanctuary State
Trans people from neighboring states, including Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Nebraska, could soon be seeking care in Minnesota.
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.