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June 27, 2026June 28, 2026

Iowa’s Education Fight Is No Longer Just About Schools. It Is About Who Gets to Define Accountability.

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June 24, 2026June 22, 2026

Iowa Civics 101: No Governor Can Legalize Cannabis Alone

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Colorful Pride-themed artwork featuring the quote “Hope will never be silent” in large rainbow-gradient lettering on a black textured background. A sweeping rainbow paint stroke crosses the image diagonally, alongside a heart containing the Progress Pride Flag colors. The graphic honors Harvey Milk’s legacy of hope, visibility, and LGBTQ+ activism.

Hope Will Never Be Silent: Harvey Milk, Queer Courage, and the Refusal to Disappear

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Editorial illustration showing transgender rights protesters carrying Pride flags outside a state capitol building while a law enforcement officer escorts a handcuffed individual and a document labeled felony charge appears in the foreground beneath dark storm clouds.

June 8, 2026June 8, 2026

How Wyoming Started Pride Month: Slurs, Fear, and a Felony Charge

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Editorial illustration showing a split scene between the Iowa State Capitol and a prison complex with razor wire. Road signs point toward “More Prisons” and “More Solutions” as a family walks toward education, treatment, recovery, housing, and opportunity. The image symbolizes Iowa’s choice between prison expansion and investing in rehabilitation and prevention.

June 5, 2026June 5, 2026

Iowa Is Preparing to Spend Billions on More Prisons. That Should Alarm Every Taxpayer in This State.

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Portrait-style graphic of Adam Peters against a blue background with a faint American flag behind him

May 28, 2026May 28, 2026

Adam Peters vs. Ken Croken: Why I Favor Peters in Iowa House District 97

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Black-and-white political graphic from the Iowa Democratic Party featuring U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks. Large bold white and red text states: “Mariannette Miller-Meeks is the most vulnerable House Republican in the country,” citing Roll Call. Miller-Meeks is pictured at the bottom of the graphic against a dark background.

May 21, 2026May 21, 2026

Mariannette Miller-Meeks Faces Growing Political Danger and Is Vulnerable in Iowa

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Editorial image of Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks standing before scenes of Iowa hardship, including a hospital, struggling residents, damaged infrastructure, wind turbines, groceries, and a stormy Iowa landscape.

April 27, 2026April 27, 2026

Representative Miller-Meeks Is Campaigning on Fiction While Her Constituents Pay the Price

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Illustrated political image showing Kim Reynolds and Brenna Bird pointing outward near the Iowa Capitol as a distressed student sits beside banned books and LGBTQ pride flags, symbolizing Iowa censorship and the erasure of queer youth from public education.

April 6, 2026June 3, 2026

Iowa Just Told Queer Kids to Disappear

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