Politicians need to own their mistakes and apologize
- Sunday, Jun 29 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 2 Comments
Reflections on Teach Truth Day of Action 2025
- Friday, Jun 27 2025
- Nick Covington
- 1 Comment
45 years without my mother
- Thursday, Jun 26 2025
- Laura Belin
- 4 Comments
Rest in peace, Rocky De Witt
- Wednesday, Jun 25 2025
- Laura Belin
- 0 Comments
Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Early summer in Clay County
- Wednesday, Jun 25 2025
- Jeff Ewoldt
- 1 Comment
Please speak up and speak out—with civility
- Tuesday, Jun 24 2025
- Randy Evans
- 2 Comments
The real victims of the new Medicaid work requirements
- Sunday, Jun 22 2025
- Ed Tibbetts
- 1 Comment
Political cover, empty words: A look at the governor's pipeline bill veto
- Saturday, Jun 21 2025
- Wally Taylor
- 2 Comments
An Iowa friend's tribute to Melissa Hortman
- Thursday, Jun 19 2025
- Chuck Isenhart
- 2 Comments
Facts matter—but not to Donald Trump
- Thursday, Jun 19 2025
- John Kearney
- 1 Comment
Large-flowered Beardtongue and its fake anther
- Wednesday, Jun 18 2025
- Diane Porter
- 1 Comment
Iowa's first female governor signs law that will set women back
- Wednesday, Jun 18 2025
- Rekha Basu
- 3 Comments
There's more at stake in Iowa than brown lawns
- Monday, Jun 16 2025
- Randy Evans
- 5 Comments
Iowa is losing. Who's keeping score?
- Monday, Jun 16 2025
- Chuck Isenhart
- 6 Comments
Real talk on the long odds facing Iowa Democrats in 2026
- Sunday, Jun 15 2025
- Laura Belin
- 13 Comments
Measles has come to Iowa. A physician's perspective
- Saturday, Jun 14 2025
- Greg D Cohen
- 2 Comments
Iowa AG pursues case against Winneshiek sheriff over Facebook post
- Friday, Jun 13 2025
- Clark Kauffman
- 4 Comments
A modern day version of "Pride and Prejudice" in Ottumwa
- Thursday, Jun 12 2025
- Randy Evans
- 1 Comment
County consolidation: the zombie idea of Iowa think tanks
- Thursday, Jun 12 2025
- Rick Morain
- 3 Comments
Iowa wildflower Wednesday: False indigo
- Wednesday, Jun 11 2025
- Katie Byerly
- 3 Comments
It's not normal
- Wednesday, Jun 11 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 2 Comments
Senator Ernst, we're not asking to live forever—just to live with dignity
- Tuesday, Jun 10 2025
- Sue Dinsdale
- 1 Comment
First take on the Rob Sand/Julie Stauch primary for Iowa governor
- Monday, Jun 9 2025
- Laura Belin
- 8 Comments
We need a Margaret Chase Smith, but we get Joni Ernst and Donald Trump
- Sunday, Jun 8 2025
- Herb Strentz
- 1 Comment
The return of the ACA subsidy cliff and how to get around it
- Saturday, Jun 7 2025
- JonMuller
- 0 Comments
D-Day and 2025 America
- Friday, Jun 6 2025
- Dan Piller
- 0 Comments
Water, water, everywhere—but no swimming at Lake Red Rock
- Friday, Jun 6 2025
- AJ Jones
- 3 Comments
Kitchen tables—not just for eating
- Thursday, Jun 5 2025
- Jason Benell
- 5 Comments
Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Wild geranium
- Thursday, Jun 5 2025
- Diane Porter
- 1 Comment
The Des Moines housing strategy that wasn't
- Wednesday, Jun 4 2025
- Josh Mandelbaum
- 2 Comments
Dutch devotion belies Trump's message to West Point grads
- Tuesday, Jun 3 2025
- Randy Evans
- 2 Comments
True conservatives have vanished
- Monday, Jun 2 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 3 Comments
Ernst gaffe may blow over. But poll-tested Republican lies will live on
- Sunday, Jun 1 2025
- Laura Belin
- 6 Comments
Former Iowa judges join brief against prosecution of Wisconsin judge
- Saturday, May 31 2025
- Laura Belin
- 0 Comments
Group recognizes Bleeding Heartland's "commitment to keep Iowans informed"
- Friday, May 30 2025
- Laura Belin
- 8 Comments
House budget bill’s top farm subsidy loopholes and giveaways
- Wednesday, May 28 2025
- Geoff Horsfield
- 6 Comments
Iowa legislators cause public school headaches
- Wednesday, May 28 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 3 Comments
Iowa gift law would ground Trump's donated jet with a thud
- Wednesday, May 28 2025
- Randy Evans
- 1 Comment
Iowans can't afford to run a fence-sitting Democrat
- Tuesday, May 27 2025
- Taylor Kohn
- 14 Comments
Urge Reynolds to veto recount bill
- Monday, May 26 2025
- Sean Flaherty
- 4 Comments
Remembering Iowans fallen in wartime
- Monday, May 26 2025
- Laura Belin
- 0 Comments
Progressive Pope? No such thing
- Sunday, May 25 2025
- Jason Benell
- 0 Comments
Brenna Bird still auditioning for Donald Trump
- Saturday, May 24 2025
- Laura Belin
- 1 Comment
Straight up: Why Republican Medicaid cuts would hurt all Iowans
- Saturday, May 24 2025
- Bill Bumgarner
- 1 Comment
House Republicans vote to take food, health care away from Iowans
- Thursday, May 22 2025
- Laura Belin
- 2 Comments
Highlights from a peri-urban Loess Hills walkabout
- Wednesday, May 21 2025
- Patrick Swanson
- 2 Comments
Qatar's gift of luxury plane raises constitutional questions
- Wednesday, May 21 2025
- Rick Morain
- 1 Comment
Iowa Supreme Court spikes an excuse for hiding public comment
- Monday, May 19 2025
- Randy Evans
- 0 Comments
Hooray for the New York Times. Boo for Trump and his Iowa enablers
- Sunday, May 18 2025
- Herb Strentz
- 1 Comment
It's all about Trump First
- Sunday, May 18 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 0 Comments
What passed, what failed, what's already law from the legislature's 2025 session
- Friday, May 16 2025
- Robin Opsahl
- 3 Comments
Diversity, equity, and inclusion are divine imperatives, not political conveniences
- Friday, May 16 2025
- Lizzie Gillman
- 5 Comments
The pesticide immunity bill is dead—we hope
- Wednesday, May 14 2025
- Diane Rosenberg
- 3 Comments
DCI report on Davenport building collapse must be made public
- Tuesday, May 13 2025
- Ed Tibbetts
- 1 Comment
Why Iowa GOP lawmakers deserve an "F" for consistency
- Monday, May 12 2025
- Randy Evans
- 2 Comments
First look at the Sarah Trone Garriott/Jennifer Konfrst primary in IA-03
- Sunday, May 11 2025
- Laura Belin
- 5 Comments
"A little more aggressive"—a first look at Brian Meyer as House minority leader
- Saturday, May 10 2025
- Laura Belin
- 5 Comments
It's time to cause some good trouble
- Thursday, May 8 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 2 Comments
Former Iowa judges condemn Trump administration's attacks on judiciary
- Wednesday, May 7 2025
- Laura Belin
- 1 Comment
Jewish stakeholders decry use of "antisemitism" to harm Iowa colleges
- Wednesday, May 7 2025
- Brooklyn Draisey
- 0 Comments
Charley Thomson's blatant overreach as he ignores Iowa law
- Tuesday, May 6 2025
- Randy Evans
- 2 Comments
Iowa Democrats are united—now let's share what we believe
- Tuesday, May 6 2025
- Charles Bruner
- 0 Comments
How DOGE cuts, Trump actions are already affecting Greene County
- Monday, May 5 2025
- Rick Morain
- 1 Comment
Ashley Hinson clings to Donald Trump with an eye toward 2028
- Sunday, May 4 2025
- Laura Belin
- 5 Comments
Trump administration threatens Afghan refugees in Iowa
- Friday, May 2 2025
- Jesse Parker
- 1 Comment
What an Iowa House colleague taught me about the capacity to change
- Thursday, May 1 2025
- Elesha Gayman
- 5 Comments
A text poll tested these positive messages about Rob Sand
- Thursday, May 1 2025
- Laura Belin
- 12 Comments
Another Democratic overperformance as Angel Ramirez wins House district 78
- Wednesday, Apr 30 2025
- Laura Belin
- 0 Comments
Iowa governor should not referee what is—or is not—secret
- Tuesday, Apr 29 2025
- Randy Evans
- 0 Comments
Bad ideas shouldn't become bad laws
- Monday, Apr 28 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 7 Comments
First take on Kevin Techau's chances against Ashley Hinson in IA-02
- Sunday, Apr 27 2025
- Laura Belin
- 2 Comments
Grassley: "I just don't understand" why Hegseth texted family about Yemen strike
- Saturday, Apr 26 2025
- Laura Belin
- 0 Comments
John Deere betrays Iowa
- Friday, Apr 25 2025
- Nicholas Cocozzelli
- 2 Comments
Is Iowa saying bye-bye to the separation of church and state?
- Thursday, Apr 24 2025
- Henry Jay Karp
- 3 Comments
Chuck Grassley finally admits why he blocked Merrick Garland
- Wednesday, Apr 23 2025
- Rick Morain
- 1 Comment
Debris in Davenport is gone, but the secrets remain
- Monday, Apr 21 2025
- Randy Evans
- 2 Comments
Guidelines for Bleeding Heartland's 2026 Democratic primary coverage
- Sunday, Apr 20 2025
- Laura Belin
- 2 Comments
Iowa's school chaplain bill and Christian Nationalism
- Friday, Apr 18 2025
- Thomas Lecaque
- 5 Comments
Meet Nathan Sage, the first Democrat running against Joni Ernst
- Thursday, Apr 17 2025
- Laura Belin
- 1 Comment
On Iowa school’s voucher law, claims about accountability don’t add up
- Thursday, Apr 17 2025
- Rob Sand
- 5 Comments
Important reminder: Free speech includes right to criticize government
- Wednesday, Apr 16 2025
- Randy Evans
- 0 Comments
An Iowa legislative assistance plan
- Wednesday, Apr 16 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 1 Comment
Angel Ramirez, Bernie Hayes to face off in Iowa House district 78
- Wednesday, Apr 16 2025
- Laura Belin
- 1 Comment
Tax breaks for the wealthy are far more wasteful than Medicaid
- Tuesday, Apr 15 2025
- Sue Dinsdale
- 0 Comments
Trump and the principles, teachings of three major faiths
- Monday, Apr 14 2025
- Herb Strentz
- 1 Comment
A good day for Rob Sand
- Sunday, Apr 13 2025
- Laura Belin
- 7 Comments
Why Josh Turek is Iowa Democrats' best candidate for U.S. Senate
- Saturday, Apr 12 2025
- Douglas Burns
- 1 Comment
Speak out for higher education on the Pentacrest, April 17
- Saturday, Apr 12 2025
- Ann Rhodes
- 1 Comment
Protesting Musk is missing the mark
- Friday, Apr 11 2025
- Jason Benell
- 0 Comments
"Even on human remains"—notes from a revealing Iowa Senate debate
- Wednesday, Apr 9 2025
- Laura Belin
- 5 Comments
Iowans in Congress could rein in Trump on tariffs
- Monday, Apr 7 2025
- Rick Morain
- 0 Comments
Bernie Sanders hired an Iowa organizer. What Evan Burger's working on now
- Sunday, Apr 6 2025
- Laura Belin
- 1 Comment
What's still moving—and what's not—after Iowa legislature's second funnel
- Saturday, Apr 5 2025
- Robin Opsahl
- 0 Comments
Of tariffs, markets, and the Iowa economy
- Friday, Apr 4 2025
- Dan Piller
- 2 Comments
Public schools don't need chaplains
- Thursday, Apr 3 2025
- Bruce Lear
- 3 Comments
Iowa unfairly targeted hundreds of potential voters in 2024
- Wednesday, Apr 2 2025
- Ed Tibbetts
- 0 Comments
Federal court hears "Swampbuster" case over wetland conservation rules
- Wednesday, Apr 2 2025
- Cami Koons
- 1 Comment
Why Medicaid work requirements are a bad idea
- Tuesday, Apr 1 2025
- Peggy Huppert
- 3 Comments
Special election coming soon in Iowa House district 78
- Tuesday, Apr 1 2025
- Laura Belin
- 1 Comment