There’s a maternal health crisis in Iowa that needs to be fixed
No pregnant mom should have to worry that there will be no safe place to deliver her baby in the community where she lives.
Articles
Home for the holidays (or not)
Whether you’re going home for the holidays or reading this knowing you may not ever – we are all valid, and worthy of love and affection.
T’was the Trump Tax Anniversary
Settle back, grab your burger and fries, and read the tale of TrumpTax.
Gov. Kim Reynolds wrong to back billion dollar borrowing scheme
GOP tax cuts for wealthy Iowans have led to a dramatic decline in support for our public universities.
Sen. Ernst’s votes harm rural Iowa and our health care
I take issue with the claims Senator Joni Ernst has recently made about her history of protecting Iowans’ health care. I do not think leaders like Senator Ernst appreciate the effect her actions have on patients, and she pays a lot more attention to what drug and insurance companies want. My experience in and journey […]
Creekside Church, Cityview Publications and the LGBTQIA+ Community
When I wrote about the transphobic publication by the neo-nazi organization found by DHS on the south side of Des Moines, I had spoken to the fact that extremism was finding its roots closer and closer to my home.
Why Democrats keep winning on health care
We are roughly a year from the 2020 elections and there’s every indication that health care will remain at the very top of voters concerns.
The Human Cost of Insulin For Iowans
No matter where you live, what you look like or how much is in your wallet, everyone deserves access to affordable medicine, including basic prescriptions like insulin. “I’m 75 years old and for the last 5 years I have had to go to work 6 days a week just to pay for insulin and other […]
Working Trans
This war on who is tolerated to be in our midst is not something new. Our society simply finds a new target for those who are well off to justify their hatred and bigotry.
Dying because of who we are
Every year on November 20, transgender communities gather to remember those who have been assaulted, hurt or killed for simply being what they are – transgender.