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Students "Sleep-Out For The Homeless": Is This Effective Advocacy?

Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.26.2009 | Impact


There's a new trend among some of America's active youth. It's called "Sleeping Out For The Homeless." Groups of people gather in a local park or on t...

The Gathering Storm of Republican Women

Marie Wilson | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics


Marie Wilson

The Republican Party's stubborn adherence to partisanship on health care is alienating a huge portion of the party -- Republican women -- and is giving rise to an impending revolt.

Markey Donor Accused of Embezzling Millions

Fort Collins Coloradoan | Robert Moore | Posted 09.30.2009 | Denver


An Iowa woman accused of embezzling $5.9 million from her employer gave, along with her spouse, more than $30,000 to Northern Colorado Democratic cong...

An American Retiree, Jailed In Morocco For 13 Months, Shares His Story

GlobalPost | Posted 09.06.2009 | World


RABAT, Morocco -- When Moroccan guards came to release Illinois retiree James Douglas Willson from prison, he believed that they'd come to shoot him. ...

Walter and Me

Jon Bowermaster | Posted 08.23.2009 | Media


Jon Bowermaster

People suggested to Walter that he should run for President himself. "I think we'll wait and see how many uncommitteds there are after New Hampshire," he said. "And then maybe we'll go after them."

Des Moines Dancing Illegal After 2 A.M.

AP | MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Posted 08.13.2009 | Style


DES MOINES, Iowa — Dancing the night away in Des Moines doesn't seem to be at the top of many must-do lists. Maybe because it's illegal. An obs...

Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Barack

Paul Hunt | Posted 09.20.2008 | Home


Paul Hunt

I want us to work, Barack, I really do. And if I sound demanding, that's because I am -- I've been hurt too many times not to be.

Unity: Not Exactly Woodstock '69, But Close

Beverly Davis | Posted 07.04.2008 | Home


Beverly Davis

It's the season premiere 2008 general election campaign. The music will be blaring, the crowd jumping, the loudspeakers booming. But the real story is that Democratic "unity" is well under way.

Midwest Editors Shifting On Gay Marriage

Dan Treul | Posted 06.24.2008 | Home


Dan Treul

In another signal, perhaps, that the country is ready for change, newspapers across the Midwest showed either even-handedness or excitement for an issue that only years ago was considered taboo.

Live Iowa Campaign Journal -New Year's Eve

Marc Cooper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Marc Cooper

Chasing around Hillary Clinton and John Edwards, I traveled from Davenport to Eldridge to Knoxville and finally back to Des Moines. And while it was only a couple hundred miles mostly along I-80, it might as well have been hopping from one world to another.

Clinton, McCain, Obama Win Key Early State Endorsements

Huffingtonpost.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain picked up key early state endorsements Saturday evening as the clock ticks down to the Iowa Caucuses on ...

Clinton, McCain, Obama Win Key Early State Endorsements

Huffingtonpost.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain picked up key early state endorsements Saturday evening as the clock ticks down to the Iowa Caucuses on ...