Pro-Palestine protesters held a vigil on the Pentacrest Friday afternoon, honoring the lives lost in Gaza. Roses, tea candles, and Palestinian flags were arrayed around a sign reading “In memory...

Activists marched through downtown Iowa City on Saturday to commemorate International Safe Abortion Day as the state wrangles with new limits on access to abortion care. The small group of activists...

Local pro-Palestine organizations and Iowa City residents protested on the Pentacrest Tuesday afternoon in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon. Speakers at the protest urged voters to consider candidates'...

Nate Mueller of Iowa City has worked every election — general, local, primary, and special — since 2016. Mueller became a poll worker in college after an internship at the Johnson County Auditor’s...

Incumbent Johnson County Board of Supervisor Royceann Porter was unseated by newcomer and local organizer Mandi Remington and incumbents Lisa Green-Douglass and Rod Sullivan in Tuesday’s primary...

Affordable Housing was a key issue at a League of Women Voters’ Johnson County Board of Supervisors candidate forum on Tuesday night in the Iowa City Senior Center.  The forum hosted all five...

Former Democratic state lawmakers Mary Mascher and Kevin Kinney endorsed Democrat Bob Conrad for the Johnson County Board of Supervisors this week ahead of the June 4 primary election that will decide...

Johnson County Supervisors Jon Green and V Fixmer-Oraiz endorsed Mandi Remington, a candidate for the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, on Thursday ahead of the June 4 primary election.  Remington...

Despite her heavy involvement in the university’s political sphere, fourth-year University of Iowa student Maci Arjes, does not plan to pursue a political career after graduating this spring. Instead,...

Anna Behrens, a third-year student at the University of Iowa who is graduating a year early this May, will leave Iowa City with not only her degree but three years of advocating for abortion rights. After...

More than 250 Iowa City area residents and members from Escucha Mi Voz and the Catholic Worker House marched through downtown Iowa City Wednesday evening to protest a new Iowa law that permits state...

Paula Scanlan, the former teammate of transgender athlete Lia Thomas, spoke at Iowa Memorial Union’s Black Box Theatre on Monday night. There were approximately 15 activists who engaged in peaceful...