Iowa
These Black Doulas Are Taking On Iowa’s Maternal Mortality Crisis
In the overwhelmingly white state, Black women are dramatically more likely to die giving birth.
Hackers Force Iowa College to Cancel Classes for Four Days
A “cyberattack” is disrupting classes at the Des Moines Area Community College, where the school has cancelled in-person classes for four days and counting.
Photographing an Isolating Normalcy
To make sense of his new surroundings, photographer Chad Rhym set out to document his experience as a double-conscious outsider: a new home in a new reality.
Iowa Republican Wants to Track Down Pregnant People With ‘Targeted Digital Marketing’
Rep. Sandy Salmon’s bill, which is making its way through the Iowa Legislature, would have the government track people down to try to talk them out of abortions.
Tyson Manager Who Bet on Which Workers Would Get COVID Says It Was Just 'Something Fun'
More than 1,000 of an Iowa plant’s 2,800 workers contracted the virus. Six of them died.
The Oldest Man in the Senate Tested Positive for Coronavirus
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is 87 years old, third in line for the presidency, and positive for COVID-19.
Robocallers Are Telling Voters in Key States to Stay Home. Don't Buy It.
In Iowa, residents received messages telling them to "stay home, stay safe and don't vote."
Last-Minute Challenges Are Delaying Mail-In Voting in Key Battleground States
In some cases, ballots could be delayed getting to voters.
Kids Are Being Shoved Back to School in Iowa, and Teachers Aren't Having It
Teachers are suing the governor, who is mandating in-person schooling as the pandemic tears through the state.
The Most Racially Divisive Member of Congress Just Lost His Primary
Iowa Rep. Steve King wondered aloud how the terms “white nationalist, white supremacist” had become offensive in an interview with the New York Times last year.
Steve King's Racist Rhetoric May Finally Cost Him His Seat in Congress
After years of racist remarks and coziness with right-wing fringe activists, the Iowa Republican is isolated, out of money, and looking like the underdog for his June 2 primary.
Dr. Fauci Says We Need a Nationwide Lockdown and We Need It Now
"I don't understand why that's not happening."