Bleeding Heartland set yet another record for guest contributions in 2024, with 416 posts involving 146 authors. (The previous record was 358 posts that more than 125 people wrote for this site in 2023.) I don’t know of any state-based political website that provides more quality coverage and commentary by guest contributors.

This year’s guest authors covered a wide range of topics, from public schools to local government, major employers, CO2 pipelines, notable events in Iowa history, and of course wildflowers.

They wrote about President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, Governor Kim Reynolds and her administration, Attorney General Brenna Bird, and of course former and future President Donald Trump.

During the legislative session, guest authors highlighted flaws in the governor’s plan to overhaul Area Education Agencies and the report that sought to justify it. They shared their own personal or professional experiences with AEAs. They covered other education proposals and explained why the state’s official school voucher numbers were misleading. They also covered bills that received less attention but could change many Iowans’ lives for better or worse.

During the 2024 campaign and its aftermath, guest authors wrote about presidential polling in Iowa and nationally, profiled candidates, and analyzed the election results from several angles.

Guest authors sounded the alarm about Iowa’s near-total abortion ban, unlawful drug testing at hospitals, and climate change impacts. They suggested ways to protect water and air quality, and flagged transparency problems in state and local government. They reviewed books that would interest many Bleeding Heartland readers.

They reflected on the lives of those who passed away this year, including Iowans Marcia Nichols, Bobby Washington, and Jim Leach, as well as Tim Kraft, who played an important role on some Iowa campaigns.

While many guest authors criticized Republican policies and politicians, some offered advice or constructive criticism to Democrats following the Iowa caucuses and another disappointing general election.

As noted below, some contributions by guest authors were among the most-viewed Bleeding Heartland posts of the year.

HOW TO WRITE FOR BLEEDING HEARTLAND

Please get in touch if you would like to write about any topic of local, statewide, or national importance during 2025. If you do not already have a user account on the site, I can set one up for you and explain the process. There is no standard format or word limit. This year, some guest contributions were a few hundred words long, while others were more than 2,000 words long. I copy-edit before publishing but do not impose my views or my voice on guest authors.

Although most writers choose to publish under their real names, I allow pseudonyms under some circumstances. I ask authors to disclose potential conflicts of interest, such as being a paid staffer, consultant, or lobbyist promoting any candidate or policy they discuss here.

Anyone can submit articles or commentaries for publication, including people who don’t currently live in Iowa or have never lived here, and writers who are not registered Democrats. I especially welcome contributions by authors from underrepresented communities in Iowa political news and commentary: women, people of color, young writers, members of the LGBTQ or disability communities, immigrants, or those who practice a religion other than Christianity or have no religious affiliation.

FULL LIST OF BLEEDING HEARTLAND’S GUEST POSTS IN 2024

Authors are listed in descending order by number of articles or commentaries published on this site during the 2024 calendar year. Those who submitted the same number of posts are listed in alphabetical order.

Bruce Lear was the site’s most prolific author this year, writing 34 posts:

• Iowa legislative predictions from the Magic 8 Ball
• The Condition of the State is a scary surprise
• Governor’s revised plan for Iowa AEAs is still very bad
• Proposed library bill is another attack on ideas
• Senate bill would hurt Iowa’s public sector unions and schools
• Educators don’t need guns
• A terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year (among Bleeding Heartland’s 30 most-viewed posts of the year)
• A snowbird education
• They’ve done enough damage (sixth most-viewed post of the year)
• It’s time for coming attractions to end
• Three ways Iowa school leaders can adapt to harmful new state laws
• Trump has morphed from anti-hero to wannabe dictator
• Trapped in the Political Upside Down
• Political knot tying while auditioning
• Iowans haven’t changed
• The “idiot lights” are flashing
• It’s about vision
• Forcing religion on public schools is a bad idea
• New sports academies raise serious questions
• Campaigning by insult hurts governing
• It’s a tired old show
• Advice for a new school year
• Time to escape from political purgatory
• His fear divides us
• Iowa’s governor has jumped the shark (fourth most-viewed post of the year)
• Love for power means never having to say you’re sorry
• Walks filled with wonder
• Trump’s rhetoric divides us
• It was a mean, transactional election
• Don’t take candy from pandering politicians
• A few Iowa legislative predictions
• America has forgotten civility and compromise
• How Iowans can prepare for the coming legislative storm
• Merit pay has little merit for public schools

Randy Evans distributes a regular weekly column to various Iowa publications, and Bleeding Heartland published 32 of those essays:

• It’s time to look for ways to reduce tragic toll of guns
• Iowa needs to stop creeping secrecy over names
• Iowa lawmakers advance misguided proposals, ignore big problems
• Pay attention to how officials talk—and how they act
• Irresponsible is irresponsible, regardless of party affiliation
• What were these government officials thinking?
• It’s time for leaders to address “the Big C” in Iowa
• Davenport leaders need to put down their shovels
• Our grammarian governor plays politics with words
• Government officials again forget they work for us
• Cool heads needed to navigate campus protests
• Live-streaming government meetings should be the norm
• Justice’s distress signal should distress us all
• We need to accept outcomes we dislike
• Teachers, parents, public still want answers on Perry school shooting
• Rules optional for some, mandatory for others
• Abortion ruling raises questions—lots of questions
• Has Biden put us in another Ruth Bader Ginsburg mess?
• Some Iowa politicians also avoid tough questions
• No bragging rights for this “Iowa angle”
• Don’t bend your principles to get a desired outcome
• Anti-immigration plans could have unintended consequences for Iowa ag
• Keeping public in dark on school shootings is wrong
• Secrecy hasn’t always impeded understanding Iowa school shootings
• Too many Iowa officials lack concern for transparency
• Fidelity to Constitution more important than policy differences
• Pesky political TV ads are short on context
• Centerville school board learns important lesson on secrecy
• Citizens need more access to government, not more secrecy
• Brooks Brothers plant closure provides an economics lesson
• Iowa lawmakers should slap down intimidation lawsuits
• Iowa’s government should not play favorites with religion

Rick Morain writes a regular column for the Jefferson Herald, and Bleeding Heartland republished 21 of those essays:

• The controversial 1824 presidential election
• Iowa House bill would mandate long list of U.S. history topics
• Lessons from a heart attack
• Reflections on 75 years of NATO
• Climate change drives up homeowners’ insurance costs
• Proposed constitutional amendment is undemocratic
• Congress finally approves foreign aid package
• New Iowa law flouts U.S. Constitution’s Supremacy Clause
• Trump’s conviction forces tough choice on Republicans
• Election denial reflects poorly on Republicans
• Iowa’s extreme weather continues to ramp up
• “Know when to walk away, and know when to run”
• When is a bribe not a bribe?
• What if Iowa had citizen-led ballot initiatives?
• How could Iowa replace revenue from state income tax?
• Questions for GOP, Democratic pols to answer before the election
• The Sauk and Fox treaty and its aftermath in Iowa (among Bleeding Heartland’s 30 most-viewed posts of the year)
• Iowa ag sector quiet about Trump’s damaging tariff plans
• Trump’s cabinet picks show he values loyalty, not qualifications
• Time to rein in the president’s pardoning power
• Pressure on Joni Ernst shows GOP has become Trump’s captive

Daniel G. Clark allowed me to republish eighteen of the Iowa history essays he wrote for the Muscatine Journal, inspired by the 19th century civil rights leader Alexander Clark (no relation).

• Every thread was a prayer
• Race on a riverfront
• Watermelons along the Great White Way
• A “colored” businessman on the Great White Way
• Greenway’s Underground Railroad
• The Greenway connection
• Alexander Clark’s initiation to the bar
• Refreshments of the season
• 1883 civil rights ruling “will frame mischief”
• Debut of the Susie Clark picture book
• Susie Clark publicity
• Queen Susie and Grandmother Rebecca
• History Day champions
• History nerds and turning points
• Cascading through history
• “A fine figure of a Negro”
• My MLK Day 1619 surprise
• Black History Month from Carver to Clark

Herb Strentz also wrote eighteen posts this year:

• Beware the Ides of January and the GOP caucus
• Oh say can you see: Things can get worse
• MAGA movement steeped in Christian nationalism
• On collusion—not separation—of church and state
• A draft that is a refreshing breeze
• Food connects all the dots in life (A review of BARONS)
• Watergate + 50 years = Trumpgate
• “Watchdog” press ignores Trump’s Gettysburg gibberish
• Brenna Bird outdoes critics in building a case against her (among 30 most-viewed posts of the year)
• A D-Day postscript: Sacrifice and Survivors
• Caitlin Clark snubbed? Quite an over-reaction
• Is this cage match what we’ve sadly come to?
• The worth of a Harris-Trump debate is … debatable
• A quote map to the debate and election
• Strange bedfellows: Orwell, Feller, Trump, Grassley, and Welch
• “The Fourth Estate”—Will we soon think that means a plot of land?
• What matters most in the 2024 election
• Music out, lies and hate in for 2024 campaigns

Bernie Scolaro wrote fifteen posts:

• Teachers, need a resolution for 2024? Join the ISEA
• Iowa nice—till hell freezes over. Thoughts on the Trump vote
• Was childhood obesity a real concern or pretext for Iowa’s governor?  
• Are trans Iowans losing their civil rights? Will I be next?
• Iowa House bill would allow vigilante justice in schools
• Thoughts on Donald Trump’s resurgence
• We need more Caitlin Clark moments in America right now
• Memorial Day: A dystopian view of the future
• What can we learn from a debate that—to be honest—sucked?
• The Beatitudes according to Trump
• So what if Trump was hit by shrapnel?
• Thank you, Kamala Harris, for bringing back the joy of patriotism
• “Thank you”—a reminder to show your support for Kamala Harris
• Did Biden change his mind or lie? The case for pardoning Hunter
• Should Donald Trump be TIME’s Person of the Year? I think so

Henry Jay Karp wrote eleven posts:

• A Democrat at the Republican caucus?
• Iowa’s latest hypocrisy in the name of religion (among Bleeding Heartland’s 20 most-viewed posts of the year)
• Holocaust education in Iowa schools should paint the full picture
• Color me disgusted!
• John Deere bows to conservative backlash on DEI
• Jeff Kaufmann among least qualified to pronounce Walz choice as “antisemitic”
• Davenport’s government, civil rights commission must work together
• Trump’s debate rants are no laughing matter
• Nazi analogies and today’s U.S. political landscape
• The post-election resistance must begin now
• Iowa’s top 10 stories and the challenges they present

Jason Benell wrote ten posts:

• America Needs Farmers—just not their politics
• Banning Satanic displays, worship would violate Iowa’s constitution
• Opposing ranked choice voting is undemocratic
• A vote for Republicans is a vote for fascism
• Proposed homeless ordinance for Des Moines is unethical
• Don’t believe in God? You are not alone
• Most religious exemptions exist only to protect bigotry
• This is who we are. What are we going to do about it?
• Republican voters are unreasonable and uninformed—a dangerous combination
• Iowa Republicans are afraid of the First Amendment

Gerald Ott also wrote ten posts:

• Biden’s message: “Democracy will be on the ballot!”
• The word “groomer” has become a slur
• No malarkey! The State of the Union is this Thursday
• Immigration extremists rule red states
• Talking about immigration
• The road to democracy in Western Hemisphere goes through Venezuela 
• A border tale
• Mixed messages from Bob Vander Plaats on the ballot box and revival
• I want a do over. We won’t get one
• Deportation: Is there a “red line” for Iowa’s public school districts?

Steve Corbin regularly submits columns to many newspapers and news websites. I republished nine of those commentaries:

• Review and outlook: U.S. political, economic, and social fabric
• Maintaining a democracy is not a spectator sport
• Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
• Biden vs. Trump: A partial voting guide
• Project 2025 poses threat to democracy
• Trump’s past, present, and future threat to national security
• Project 2025 policies are on November 5 ballot
• Women react to Donald Trump’s victory
• Senators’ credibility to be judged alongside Trump’s cabinet picks

Nancy Dugan also wrote nine pieces for the site, mostly original reporting with some connection to Summit Carbon Solutions’ proposed CO2 pipeline:

• Summit Carbon investors seek to sew up Republican support
• Summit Carbon project mired in contradictions
• Gevo plant in South Dakota will use 300 million gallons of water annually (among Bleeding Heartland’s 20 most-viewed posts of the year)
• North Dakota Bitzero project raises management, ownership questions
• Summit Carbon partner ethanol plants to pursue SAF opportunities in Iowa
• Proposed Summit Carbon project set to use much more water
• Summit Carbon sued for $15 million over canceled pipe contract
• Summit Carbon: What we don’t know can hurt us
• Bremer County argues that Summit Carbon easements are noncompliant

Two authors wrote eight posts each for the site. Dan Guild continued to provide insight on polling:

• An Iowa caucus like no other?
• Last Selzer poll confirms: It has always been about Trump
• Iowa caucus expectations games
• Presidential debates: A search for the moment to remake the race
• For the press, the debate was a disaster. The polling is less clear
• Tonight’s debate: A lesson in definition
• Selzer’s new Iowa Poll finds a remade presidential race
• The African-American vote and Kamala Harris

Ed Tibbetts originally published these posts on his Substack newsletter, Along the Mississippi:

• Iowa GOP lawmakers want their politics in your kid’s classroom
• Iowa politicians should leave the kids alone
• Here’s how deceitful politicians dodge the truth
• Don’t be fooled by Joni Ernst’s latest tax con
• Book ban undermines state’s mission of educating Iowa students
• We’re squealing. Where’s Joni Ernst?
• Donald Trump expands footprint in Iowa’s Mississippi River valley
• Republican telework claims aren’t remotely true

Bill Bumgarner wrote seven posts for the site this year:

• Or…we can trust Donald Trump
• Voting is about values
• Third-party presidential campaigns are weak tea
• Good people like Bob Ray
• Shirts or skins
• My Republican friends know
• A hard day’s night

Diane Porter allowed me to republish seven wildflower posts that first appeared on her Substack newsletter, My Gaia:

• Ohio spiderwort
• Blue-eyed grass
• Prairie blazing star
• Groundnut
• Willow aster
• Cutleaf grapefern
• Wild petunias and their springing seeds

Three authors each wrote six posts for the site in 2024. Douglas Burns:

• FTC chair hears Iowans’ concerns over Koch takeover of fertilizer plant
• Ernst to seek re-election, but open to role in Trump administration
• Tim Walz paints two Americas contrast between Iowa, Minnesota
• Ruth Harkin releases inviting memoir on Iowa life, presidential campaigning
• Turek an essential voice for middle class in statehouse, supporters say
• How Lanon Baccam is seeking a restoration of Iowa at its best

Ira Lacher:

• Take away Grandpa’s car keys
• “Future Shock” is here
• Why is this time different?
• Hiding in plain sight
• Yes, the criminal justice system is rigged
• Seeing is believing

Kurt Meyer writes a regular column on Substack and for the Nora Springs – Rockford Register. Bleeding Heartland republished six of those essays:

• Iowa caucus reflections, fifty years apart
• Words matter
• A stench from the bench
• An attitude of mind and heart, and a gathering in DC
• Joy resurfaces—but will it last?
• My raw milk past, and why I’ve left it behind

Katie Byerly wrote five installments for the Iowa wildflower Wednesday series:

• Spring Cress
• Large-flowered Beardtongue
• Wild licorice
• American white water-lily
• Water parsnip

I republished five of Clark Kauffman’s stories for Iowa Capital Dispatch:

• Brenna Bird warns YouTube to stop ‘targeting pro-life messages’
• Iowa’s licensing boards shut off access to information on charges
• Animal welfare group sues USDA over Iowa puppy mill’s license
• Iowa leads suit challenging federal staffing mandates for nursing homes
• Report: Confusing state rules led to jails’ illegal seizure of inmate funds

Seven authors each wrote seven posts. Charles Bruner:

• The case for a caregiving, families, and children’s agenda
• The book is better than the movie, and has a different ending
• Democrats, don’t cede the “parents matter” space to Republicans
• If you can’t be yourself, be Tim Walz or Dave Heaton

Al Charlson:

• Let’s keep talking about taxes
• Don’t forget to welcome the stranger
• How’s the economy doing? Depends on your point of view
• Lord, when did we see you as a stranger?

Jim Chrisinger:

• Why am I so hung up on the democracy stuff?
• Does character no longer count in the state of Character Counts?
• Americans take rule of law for granted at their peril
• Persuasion in the time of MAGA

Dave Leshtz:

• Last call: Remembering Tim Kraft
• Glenwood report shows Iowa still fails people with disabilities
• Touchstones: The Hamburg Inn, one year later
• Dual readings in Tama County remind us: Iowa’s state capitol is not a church

Dan Piller:

• Haley and Trump wear their Confederate gray
• Christian Nation? Which one?
• Trouble down on the farm (seventh most-viewed Bleeding Heartland post of the year)
• Eating right with Bobby Junior

Wally Taylor:

• Iowa Utilities Board bill includes a good idea—and a lost cause
• Proposed CAFO rules won’t protect Iowans or the environment
• Conservative judges should be careful what they ask for
• Don’t restart Duane Arnold

David Tilly:

• Governor’s AEA plan would harm Iowa children, families, and school districts
• Plan for Iowa AEAs relied on consultant’s faulty analysis
• A constructive proposal to improve Iowa’s AEAs
• No, the feds are not threatening to take over special education in Iowa

Eight authors each wrote three posts for the site. Rachel Bruns:

• 2024 Iowa maternal health priorities: Birth centers, Medicaid, and midwives
• Iowa hospitals must stop unlawful drug testing after births (among fifteen most-viewed Bleeding Heartland post of the year)
• Your body, my choice: The medical model of maternal health care in Iowa

Nick Covington:

• Iowa’s vision of the future: Down the barrel of a gun
• Gender identity bill belongs in dustbin of failed, dehumanizing ideas
• This is how we win the education war

Bonnie Ewoldt:

• Iowa counties are duty-bound to pass CO2 pipeline ordinances
• Power players in Iowa Senate need to intervene
• Landowners should not be intimidated by Summit Carbon’s letter

Arnold Garson:

• A loss worth mourning: newspaper presidential endorsements
• Arabella Mansfield: The first female lawyer in Iowa—and America
• Iowa’s half-century run as nation’s first presidential testing ground

John Kearney:

• History repeating itself?
• Is Joe Biden too old to be president?
• The fate of Iowa’s abortion ban

Diane Rosenberg:

• Want stronger CAFO regulations? Then stop Senate File 2370
• Rule-making bill had surprising support from Iowa House Democrats
• Senator Grassley is wrong about the EATS Act

Sami Scheetz:

• Cutting sales tax would help all Iowans
• Assault on women’s autonomy leaves Iowans with a choice
• Vote for freedom and representation Iowans can be proud of

Scott Syroka:

• Iowa Northern Railway deal warrants heightened scrutiny
• Opponents of Iowa rail consolidation must act fast to register concerns
• Will Koch avoid paying millions in fertilizer plant taxes?

Sixteen authors each contributed two posts. Marco Battaglia:

• On the Libertarian Party and running for political office today
• Why I am running for Congress

Allen Bonini:

• Iowa environmentalists, it’s time to play hardball
• Snap out of it, Iowans: Industrial agriculture is the problem (tenth most-viewed post of the year)

Lora Conrad:

• Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Hog Peanut
• Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Sassafras

Alexandra Dermody:

• Crumbling foundations: Davenport’s struggle with governance and integrity
• United front needed to fight systemic barriers facing transgender people

Jack Hatch:

• Iowa Democrats need to do things differently
• Iowa Democrats need structural changes to start winning again (with Joe Enriquez Henry, Peggy Huppert, Anne Kinzel, and Ralph Rosenberg)

AJ Jones:

• Marcia Nichols: A legacy of advocacy
• Voices carry: “Framing a Fair Iowa” art show 

Robin Opsahl of Iowa Capital Dispatch:

• What Iowa lawmakers approved (and cut) in state’s $8.9 billion budget
• Iowa lifts prescription requirement for wheelchair repair through Medicaid

Dani Replogle:

• Project 2025 is coming for our wetlands
• EPA must protect safe drinking water in Iowa (with Michael Schmidt)

Ralph Rosenberg:

• Nine new year’s wishes for a better Iowa
• GOP lawmakers abandon Iowa’s civil rights legacy

State Auditor Rob Sand:

• How Iowans can call in the watchdog
• Iowans must stand with victims during Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Linda Schreiber:

• February 11: Local writers address Iowa’s path to sustainability
• Iowans will vote on two constitutional amendments this November

Jared Strong:

• Opponents ask regulators to reconsider Summit Carbon pipeline permit
• Advocates say Iowa Medicaid violating federal voter registration law (with Zachary Roth)

Jenny Turner:

• Can you hear us, Governor Reynolds? (among 20 most-viewed Bleeding Heartland posts of the year)
• Christian nationalist organization approved to accredit Iowa private schools

Tom Walton:

• The Democratic message in an era of fear, anger, and self-interest
• Metrics don’t matter: How Kim Reynolds fudged Future Ready Iowa goals

Ed Wasserman:

• What links Trump and Putin? Revenge
• Donald J. Trump: Gold medalist among nattering nabobs of negativism

Kali White VanBaale:

• Iowa’s most shameful ranking yet (among the 30 most-viewed Bleeding Heartland posts of the year)
• At long last, Iowa acts on non-medical prescription switching

The following 87 authors each wrote one post for the site during 2024.

Amy Adams:

There’s something happening in Iowa

Lanon Baccam:

Brave, loving, and generous today

Stephen G. Bloom:

Remembering Bobby Washington

Emily Boevers:

Iowa OB-GYN: My patients face two possible futures

Joe Bolkcom:

It’s time for GOP politicians to stop ripping off Iowa taxpayers

Bill Brauch:

My case against Iowa’s proposed gubernatorial succession amendment

Emily Bredthauer:

Late September wildflowers at Cordova Park

Norman Brewer:

Believe Trump when he threatens our freedoms

Dave Busiek:

The impact of Gannett dropping AP

Alexandra Bylund:

Governor’s bill would harm not only AEAs, but public schools broadly

Luuk Clark:

Iowa wildflower Wednesday: The whimsy of Silky Prairie Clover

John Clayton:

It was Indian land, and now it’s not

Tom Cope:

Great thinker, great listener. A staffer remembers Jim Leach

Ken Croken:

Iowa needs Melissa Vine in Congress

Andy Crozier:

Iowa needs more thoughtful, inclusive approach to AEA reform

Dallas County Democrats:

100-year-old Dallas County Democrat has a plan to vote this year

John Deeth:

Iowa Democratic caucus a limited success—but much work remains

DSM Lawyer:

When will we stop politicizing Iowa’s judiciary?

Sue Dinsdale:

Future of lower drug prices in Medicare depends on voters

Brooklyn Draisey:

Iowa Regents begin reviewing state university DEI programs

Channing Dutton:

Democrats’ climate change fumble

Amy Endle:

Why this school psychologist is leaving Iowa

Jeff Ewoldt:

A wildflower tour of the Iowa Great Lakes region

Erin Farquhar:

New Iowa law criminalizes life-saving treatments for kids (most-viewed Bleeding Heartland post of all time)

Gordie Felger:

What LGBTQ+ allyship looks like

Jason Fontana and Jennifer Jennings:

FAQ: Education Savings Accounts and private school tuition in Iowa

Jeff Fuhrman:

Vote with Ukraine in your heart

Charles Gaba:

Iowans would pay much more without enhanced ACA subsidies

Michael Giudicessi:

An open letter to Ernest in New Jersey

Chris Gloninger:

Des Moines and the climate reality: A year of extremes

Kara Grady:

Why the Regal Fritillary should be Iowa’s State Insect

Bill Graham:

Trial lawyers group opposes attacks on Iowa judges, justices

Mitch Henry:

Leadership, integrity make Lanon Baccam right choice on June 4

Laura Hessburg:

Discriminating against transgender people does not make anyone safer

Tommy Hexter:

Iowa should invest in family farms, not more big agribusiness

Blake Iverson:

The fourth crusade: How Gaza could cost Democrats the election

Andy Johnson:

Good anger

Mike Jones:

Are we the metro we think we are?

Steve King (not that Steve King):

How “Party of Destruction” is hurting Iowa’s public schools (among Bleeding Heartland’s 25 most-viewed posts of the year)

Gerhild Krapf:

German history shows dangers of electing Trump again

James Larew and Chris Jones:

Iowa needs a clean water and clean air constitutional amendment

Matthew Lee:

The media are failing us (again)

Michaelyn Mankel:

Iowa candidates must pledge to reject carbon pipeline money

Joan Marttila:

A losing candidate tells her side of the story

Brian McClain:

Iowa Democratic leaders, candidates denounce eminent domain ruling

Porter McNeil:

It’s still the economy

Ryan Melton:

Six reasons I’m motivated to keep going in a red district

Dexter Merschbrock

A working-class party needs a working-class party chair

Marla Mertz:

Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Queen of the Prairie

Dave Miglin:

Broadlawns is making progress. Help me keep the momentum going

Bruce Morrison:

Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Pale-spike lobelia

Jon Muller:

Buy an EV in 2024

Lyle Muller:

Trump’s lawsuit against Des Moines Register, Selzer is not about winning

Jim Nelson:

Wrapped in the flag and waving the Cross

Tim Nelson:

Do better, Des Moines

Jack O’Connor:

Iowa activists push to legalize fentanyl test strips

Pat O’Donnell:

Other state school voucher programs spell trouble for Iowa (ninth most-viewed post of the year)

Carl Olsen:

Iowa Department of Corrections asks for cannabis exemption

Jen Pellant:

Iowa can do better than “Right to Work”

Steve Peterson:

Senate File 496: An educator’s dilemma

Jess Piper:

Uncontested races are undemocratic

Randy Richardson:

State agency released misleading school voucher numbers

Connie Ryan:

Activists twist religious freedom laws to enable discrimination

Marty Ryan:

Don’t confuse inflation with the economy

Anna Ryon:

Brenna Bird abandons Iowans

Keith Schneider:

Palo Alto County seeks answers on cancer rate 50% above national average

Neal Schuster:

Louisiana, keep your hands off my Commandments

Kerri Schwemm:

This AEA direct service provider has many unanswered questions

Ruth Sheffield:

Lingering questions about the 2024 presidential election

Heather Sievers:

A mother’s perspective: How AEA reform will hurt Iowa’s children

Kenny Slocum:

It takes a village to find a False Foxglove

Phil Specht:

How Dare You Ask the Date My Son Died

William R. Staplin:

Abortion bans harm women’s health and weaken the economy

Ted Stilwill:

A critical look at the Guidehouse report on Iowa’s AEAs

Patrick Swanson:

Sauntering through the Southern Loess Hills on the LoHi Trek

Pam Mackey Taylor:

EPA puts major rivers on Iowa’s impaired waters list

Matthew P. Thornburg:

The muted impact of CO2 pipeline politics in Iowa’s 2024 general election

Jordan True:

Let Iowans with disabilities Work Without Worry

Melissa Vine:

Health care leaders: We win with Melissa Vine!

Kentin Waits:

Cemeteries are hallowed ground—until RAGBRAI comes to town

Frantz Whitfield:

We need Melissa Vine in Congress

greg wickenkamp:

Iowa City’s Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Nate Willems:

Adding insult to injury for Iowa workers

Elizabeth Wilson:

Why I strongly endorse Melissa Vine

Tim Winter:

Tim Winter’s case to lead the Iowa Democratic Party

Cathy Young:

Christian Nationalism poses a grave threat to America

Adam Zabner:

Iowa should comply with National Voter Registration Act