Subterms
The Good Liars duo on monument placed in Iowa statehouse: ‘King’s racism is part of our heritage and we need to respect that’ They’re calling it a tiny statue for a tiny man. Given Iowa congressman Steve King’s pitiful history of racist and xenophobic comments, it may not be small enough. The statue, placed in […] More
Troy Price says he is ‘deeply sorry for what happened’ at derailed event, as results remain unclear The chair of the Iowa Democratic party, who oversaw a chaotic caucus last week that still has not yielded final results, resigned from his position on Wednesday. Troy Price, who has been the head of the state’s Democratic […] More
Every leading Democratic candidate supports a form of conservation that can reduce greenhouse gases and create jobs in rural America Something you might have missed amid all the horserace and app-failure coverage of the Iowa caucuses: a deep discussion took place over the past year about the climate crisis and agriculture that could change the […] More
Senator, who trails Pete Buttigieg by just two delegates, plans to ask for tally to be checked Bernie Sanders’ campaign plans to ask for a “partial recanvass” of the results of last week’s Iowa caucuses. A campaign aide confirmed the plans on Sunday night, ahead of a Monday deadline for candidates to ask the Iowa […] More
Even the navy is not immune to turning nouns into ugly verbs As both my father and uncle served in the navy, I take an interest in goings-on in the Senior Service. The news never seems anything other than of cutbacks and delays in the deployment of new ships. Last week was no exception, with […] More
If Democrats want to dismantle white supremacy, they can start right now by dismantling a caucus system that ignores black voters The results from Iowa are in: there are no results. On Thursday, three days after the caucuses began on Monday, the Associated Press announced that due to irregularities and how close the race is, […] More
Sanders and Buttigieg neck-and-neck in Iowa caucus results New Hampshire poll shows Sanders ahead and Buttigieg second Pete Buttigieg goes into the crucial weekend before the New Hampshire primary as the unlikely leading threat to his more experienced rivals. Related: Trump ‘not happy’ with impeachment witness Vindman, hints at ‘decisions’ on his position – live […] More
We have fallen for the idea that apps and artificial intelligence can substitute judgement and hard work. They can’t Every four years, journalists from around the world are drawn to the Iowa caucuses like podcasters to a murder. The blatantly anti-democratic tradition appeals to certain journalistic biases: the steadfast belief of the political press that […] More
