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Immigration may be concentrated on America’s coasts, but newcomers are putting down roots in Midwestern communities as well.
Trump stormed to victory in New Hampshire’s Republican primary – but his biggest challenge will be winning over independent voters.
Iowa and New Hampshire have long cemented their status as the first-in-the-nation deciders in presidential nominating contests. This outsized influence has increasingly come under scrutiny.
In more than a dozen countries this year, populist leaders are poised to either take power or consolidate their hold on the opposition. Migrants are the unfortunate target of populist ire.
A political scientist traces the development of the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses and how the small, rural state became influential in presidential politics.
Ahead of the first public votes on the potential Republican candidates for presidents, it’s important to understand why the Iowa votes are significant.
Some of the biggest changes to child labor laws are in Iowa and Arkansas.
Bills barring transgender teens from girls’ sports and moves to investigate parents of trans children for potential crimes provide an uncertain and dangerous future for many.
The name change of a local creek in central Iowa reflects broader national trends that are recognizing derogatory or racist connotations.
Were GOP incumbents able to rely on their rural supporters to fend off Democrats’ growing strength in the suburbs?
The US has a long history of forced sterilization campaigns that were driven by the bogus ‘science’ of eugenics, racism and sexism.
What will happen to campaign workers after the Feb. 3 caucuses? It’s a question that’s in the cold Iowa air, carrying with it a subtle message about the state of democratic politics.
Americans didn’t always have primaries and caucuses to choose presidential candidates. The system was meant to be more democratic, but it places too much attention on largely white, small states.
Food might seem like an easy way to appeal to the masses. But when politicians wade into local food customs, they do so at their own risk.
At the Jan. 14 debate, held at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, six candidates clashed on jobs, Iran and more.
Investing in farming methods that improve lands and water, and in rural infrastructure and markets, could bring new prosperity to agricultural communities.
Since the Great Recession, most of the nation’s rural counties have struggled to recover lost jobs and retain their people.
Trump has repeatedly misconstrued the territory as not being part of the United States. But it is.
Vehicles made before 2001 could suffer fuel system or engine damage if they’re run on E15.
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