Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism (https://www.iowawatch.org/tag/podcast/)
The nation’s only president born in Iowa had a far different reputation around the world than he had in the United States. Such was the fate for Herbert Hoover, who presided over the start of the Great Depresssion during his 1929-33 presidency.
Eastern Iowans interested in politics are trying to have civil conversations about this issues dividing them. They’ve joined an nationwide movement called Better Angels, a bipartisan citizen’s effort to bring Republicans and Democrats together to talk to one another in a civil manner.
One important way to ensure food security in the United States is to keep farmland ownership from going into foreign hands. That doesn’t always happen.
The federal Americans with Disabilities Act is intended to help people access public facilities, but an IowaWatch investigation shows most of our schools are not in compliance with the law.
One split second captured in a photograph defined the dramatic rescue of Patricia Ralph-Neely below Des Moines’ Center Street Dam on June 30, 2009.
We continue our discussion with Iowa voters, with the presidential precinct caucuses just six weeks away. We examine the mood of the electorate, through the voices of voters.
Student debt in this country is now more than one-point-two trillion dollars — that’s more than Americans hold in credit card debt or car loans. And the amount of per-student debt has nearly doubled from just a decade ago.