Presidential-nomination candidate and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is campaigning on the vision of wiping out all student debt and establishing free tuition for public universities as part of an opportunity...
New York City native Kamila Agi-Mejias said at a Sen. Bernie Sanders campaign event in Iowa City on July 2 that she will vote for the presidential-nomination candidate who she feels has the best chance...
Democrat Newman Abuissa, an Iowa City transportation engineer, launched a campaign for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District on June 30 at an event in the Iowa City Public Library.
Abuissa was born and...
Rita Hart, a Democratic candidate for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, made a campaign stop in Iowa City on June 30, where she spoke about her experience as a public-school teacher and growing up on...
Marianne Williamson, author and Democratic presidential-nomination candidate, advocated for children’s wellness and the integration of compassion and love into politics in a town hall at the Unity Center...
Ross Wilburn, a former Iowa City mayor, is the Democratic nominee in a special election for the Iowa House of Representatives in Ames.
Iowa House District 46 was vacated by Rep. Lisa Heddens after...
Rosemary Schwartz, the Democratic chair in Benton County, said Sen. Kamala Harris stood out to her in the Democratic presidential-nomination debates on June 27 even though she has supported former Vice...
The first round of Democratic debates for the presidential nomination took place on the evening of June 26 in Miami, during which candidates talked about family separation at the U.S.-Mexico border, tensions...
A recent bill with the goal of eradicating hazing in university and college organizations could change how institutions across the nation deal with it through increasing a universities’ transparency...
This story was updated 6/24 at 10:10 a.m. to include a policy proposal from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-V.T.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., has introduced a bill that would cancel billions of dollars of...
The call for climate-change solutions is an emerging pattern in the campaigns of Democratic presidential hopefuls. Candidates address the issue in a variety of ways, from outlining specific plans to simply...
