Videos
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WATCH: Iowa Republicans proposed a bill to tackle ‘chem trails’
Iowa Republicans want to *checks script* stop chem trails…🤨 Listen here: https://cornholechampions.substack.com/p/usda-cuts-food-iowa-legislature
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WATCH: How Iowa incentivizes ag spills into waterways
Timely reminder that Iowa’s water is bad and legislators aren’t doing anything about it!
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WATCH: Nikole Hannah-Jones hosts Waterloo Read-In
Before you head to the Read-In in Waterloo Saturday, or for those of you who can’t make it, catch Zach’s conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones on the new Cornhole Champions: https://cornholechampions.substack.com/p/nikole-hannah-jones
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Cornhole Champions Special: The DEI witch hunt and its cost to kids (w/ Nikole Hannah-Jones)
Waterloo Schools pulled out of an event focused on promoting Black literacy over fears of losing federal funding under Trump’s new anti-DEI directives. In response, the 1619 Freedom School is stepping in to host its own event this Saturday. On this special episode of Cornhole Champions, host Zachary Oren Smith speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist…
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Cornhole Champions #15: Dancing on the graves of bad bills (w/ Giselle Bruskewitz)
Iowa’s farmers and food producers are facing a crisis that’s been brewing behind the scenes at the US Department of Agriculture. Since President Donald Trump took office and his number two billionaire Elon Musk has been taking a club to federal programs, the consequences have been mounting. And now Iowa food growers are left with…
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WATCH: Waterloo, Iowa residents hold open forum on DOGE cuts
From Lutheran Social Services of Iowa, to housing and public health advocates, nonprofits talk about what happened after they suddenly lost federal funding from Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts.
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WATCH: Iowa still has the fastest growing rate of new cancer diagnoses
But sure, trans people are the source of Iowa’s problems.
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WATCH: How to help trans and nonbinary Iowans
After Gov. Kim Reynolds signed an Iowa law that actually takes away trans and nonbinary folks’ rights, you might be wondering what you can do to help. Here are a few suggestions.
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Cornhole Champions #14: Funnel Week foibles (w/ Luke Elzinga)
The Iowa Capitol is buzzing this week. It’s one of two so called “Funnel Weeks.” These are self imposed deadlines placed on the legislative process. The idea is that we’ve only got 110 days to get through the billbook. They need to focus up or risk being stuck in Des Moines all year. In practice,…
