I could stay strong, even when he couldn’t
After my father’s accident, the healthcare coverage his union fought so valiantly for afforded him the best opportunities to recover.
Articles
The stakes have never been higher.
The threat to the reproductive freedoms and access to health care in Iowa isn’t a hypothetical or academic debate.
It’s Time To Form A Community-Led Citizen Review Board For The Cedar Rapids Police
This piece originally appeared in The Appeal. Reprinted with permission. Now is the time to act. If we have learned anything since George Floyd’s death, it is that we cannot keep waiting for change. In November 2016, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, police officer shot then 36-year-old Jerime Mitchell during a traffic stop, leaving him paralyzed […]
Mourning RBG And Taking The Next Step
Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” -Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg There is a gaping hole in the Supreme Court, our country, and our hearts as we mourn the loss of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Our lives are better because of her tireless advocacy for equality and justice, and our […]
Unions are a reflection of middle-class and working-class America.
Unions protect workers and this creates a safe work environment for everyone, not just those who are union members.
Ernst on Vacation as Iowa Passes 1,000 COVID Deaths
Our leaders should be working to prevent deaths in Iowa, and slow the spread of the virus.
Iowa’s Medicaid program is in serious trouble
Iowa’s Medicaid program, along with our state budget, is already stretched to the limit and is about to break unless the federal government does its part and provides more funding for this critical program and other essential services.
Senators Ernst and Grassley, the World Is Watching Our Elections
This is a moment of shared national crisis. It calls for a shared national response to protect our elections, and make sure that the will of the people—all the people—is heard in November.
Black Lives Matter Movement Educates on the Reality of America
Ireland Larsen is a senior at Drake University studying philosophy and law, politics, and society (LPS). She serves as president of Delta Theta Phi pre-law fraternity and organized the Justice For George movement in South Dakota, with the help of Selwyn Jones (Floyd’s uncle) while also assisting in setting up bail projects for Iowa protestors. […]
ACA Impact on Women in Healthcare
As a nurse, a mother and a woman, I’m extremely concerned about efforts to repeal or diminish health care coverage.