The Iowa Caucuses Have Long Turned Out the ‘Same Old White Crew.’ 2020 Could Be Different. The Iowa Caucuses Have Long Turned Out the ‘Same Old White Crew.’ 2020 Could Be Different.
After the shock of 2016, grassroots organizers set out to make the Iowa caucuses more representative of the changing state. Soon we’ll find out if they succeeded.
Jan 21, 2020 / Feature / Rebecca Zweig
‘Organize or Die’: Kooper Caraway Ushers in a New Labor Movement ‘Organize or Die’: Kooper Caraway Ushers in a New Labor Movement
The 28-year-old president of the Sioux Falls AFL-CIO puts international solidarity to work in South Dakota.
Mar 29, 2019 / Rebecca Zweig
J.D. Scholten Bets the Farm on Beating Steve King J.D. Scholten Bets the Farm on Beating Steve King
Just weeks from the midterms, an Iowa hometown hero is gaining ground on one of Congress’s most toxic incumbents.
Oct 22, 2018 / Rebecca Zweig
Socialism Comes to Iowa Socialism Comes to Iowa
An unusual coalition may be a template for the growing American left.
Dec 20, 2017 / Nicolás Medina Mora and Rebecca Zweig