Are Trump’s Top Medicaid Regulators Inviting Disaster?

J. David McSwane and Tom Benning / ProPublica Aug 6, 2019 A new report finds that patients are being denied essential care, raising concern among ranking members of the Senate health committee. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Nation’s Most Restrictive Abortion Law Challenged in Iowa

BARBARA RODRIGUEZ / The Associated Press May 15, 2018 If allowed to take effect July 1 as planned, the law would ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, around the sixth week of pregnancy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why the Gun Lobby Is Terrified of the #NeverAgain Movement

Dawson Barrett / Waging Nonviolence Mar 6, 2018 Where adults have failed repeatedly, and many have simply given up, the youth are now leading the charge. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

What’s the Matter With Iowa? Dark News From Red-State America

Paul Street / Truthdig Mar 19, 2017 A slew of Republican legislation is flowing out of the Capitol in Des Moines during this radical right-wing moment in U.S. history. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Ted Cruz Today, the Rapture Tomorrow

Sandy Tolan / Truthdig Mar 16, 2016 The Texas senator's measured pro-Israel comments mask the extremist views of "God's candidate." His Christian Zionist backers see Israel's continued grip on Palestine as key to the second coming of Jesus. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Iowa Caucus Con

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Dec 27, 2007 Political reporters are not widely embraced, but in Iowa, they are eagerly welcomed when they show up to cover the state's unique system of selecting presidential nominees. The reason is simple: The media is a co-conspirator in a con, the Iowa caucuses. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Banking on Grass Roots in Iowa

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Dec 24, 2007 In these final days before the Iowa caucuses, John Edwards' chance for the presidency comes down to people like Jim Clifford, trudging up an icy driveway to persuade Leo Oswald, a shipping clerk at the Georgia Pacific plant in Dubuque, to turn out and support Edwards. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Keeping Kucinich Quiet

Staff / Truthdig Dec 18, 2007 Video blogger and Dennis Kucinich fan Davis Fleetwood hits the streets of Des Moines to find out why the peace candidate was excluded from the final Democratic debate before the Iowa caucus. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )