DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In Iowa, one of the whitest states in the nation, more than 100 black Democrats who expect to attend the 2020 caucuses crammed into a tiny community center in the capital city to position themselves as a force in the most wide-open presidential campaign in a generation. “There is hope! […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — White House hopeful Kamala Harris has nabbed her first Iowa endorsement from a major state Democratic activist. Jean Hessburg, a former Iowa Democratic Party executive director and the current chair of the party’s Women’s Caucus, told The Associated Press that she’s endorsing Harris because “she’s tough, she’s got heart. She’s […]
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — At three trials over three decades, a convicted thief has testified that he saw Stanley Liggins with 9-year-old Jennifer Lewis shortly before she was kidnapped, raped, strangled and left dead in Davenport, Iowa. Antonio Holmes insisted at each trial that prosecutors did not give him any benefit in exchange for […]
It’s almost Halloween and every year there are people who clearly missed the “blackface is never acceptable,” memo. A photo of first-grade teacher in Iowa wearing blackface as a part of a Halloween costume have been circulating the web; and folks are not happy about it. According to KTNV the woman was trying to portray […]
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A prominent Iowa youth basketball coach faces potentially decades in prison after admitting to a yearslong pattern of sexually exploiting and abusing at least 400 minor boys, including former players, their friends and other young athletes. Greg Stephen, 42, posed as girls on social media to trick the boys […]
Last year, a Black driver in Des Moines, Iowa was pulled over for a hard to read temporary tag. Lonnie Porter, 41, who says the officer pulled him over without reason, will be paid $25,000 to settle a lawsuit in a case that provides further evidence of racial profiling within the Des Moines Police department, reports […]
The death of Iowa college student, Mollie Tibbetts, has been used by people in the White House to further their agenda on Immigration. Tibbetts was a 20-year-old University of Iowa student who went missing over a month ago. Her body was discovered Tuesday, and shortly after a suspect was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. The suspect […]
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A man charged with killing a sheriff’s deputy and wounding another while escaping from an Iowa jail will plead guilty, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Pottawattamie County Attorney’s Office said an attorney for Wesley Correa-Carmenaty, 24, informed officials of the change. No plea bargain was made in the case, and Correa-Carmenaty […]
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An unarmed black driver struggled with an Iowa officer and a police dog before the officer shot the motorist as he tried to get away in his pickup truck, paralyzing him, dashcam video released Thursday shows. Driver Jerime Mitchell managed to get back inside the vehicle with officer Lucas Jones […]
As Black people, we are expected to consume these personal, violent attacks like we digest cake. We are told that we cannot act if someone decides to be ruthless, violent and trifling. As violence begets violence against us, we are continually told and showed that it is not fine to simply be.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines principal has decided not to punish the ninth-grade girls who arranged for a male stripper to perform at their high school’s synchronized swimming club banquet. Officials say the girls employed the stripper as a joke and that the stripper didn’t totally disrobe at Friday evening’s event at […]
INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton, making her return to Iowa for the first time since the 2008 presidential campaign, implored Democrats on Sunday to choose shared economic opportunity over “the guardians of gridlock” in an high-profile appearance that drove speculation about another White House bid into overdrive. “Hello Iowa. I’m back!” Clinton declared […]
