Randy Evans

1 week ago | bleedingheartland.com | Laura Belin |Rob Sand |Randy Evans |Bruce Lear

“The working class has been working their ass off every day to survive and make ends meet for their families,” Nathan Sage told me this week. Making working people’s lives better is the driving force of his U.S. Senate campaign. At least four Democrats are thinking seriously about running against two-term Republican incumbent Joni Ernst. Sage was the first to make it official, on April 16.

1 week ago | bleedingheartland.com | Rob Sand |Randy Evans |Bruce Lear |Laura Belin

Rob Sand is Iowa’s state auditor. Recently, an argument has been going around that goes like this: private schools are accredited to teach students, therefore they’re accountable to taxpayers. This claim ignores that being accredited as an academic institution has nothing to do with how an entity spends money. Accredited private schools taking vouchers still have no rules for how they spend tax dollars, and no audits either.

3 weeks ago | bleedingheartland.com | Rod Sullivan |Bruce Lear |Bernie Scolaro |Randy Evans

Rod Sullivan is a Johnson County supervisor. I searched the word “Medicaid” in my archive. I was shocked to find how much I have written on the topic—tens of thousands of words over the years. Why have I written so much about Medicaid? For one, you write what you know. I used to work in the Iowa Medicaid program. Even though that was several years ago, I know Medicaid quite well. That is why the Republican scheme to cut the program upsets me so much.

3 weeks ago | bleedingheartland.com | Bruce Lear |Bernie Scolaro |Randy Evans

Jacqui Daniels, founder of Daniels PR, works with authors and publishing companies to promote new books and support literary talents. The Holocaust is a profound chapter in human history, and its lessons are more relevant than ever. On April 7, at 6 PM, Dr. Alex Kor will deliver a deeply personal talk, “Reflecting on My Parents’ Holocaust Journeys: Finding Forgiveness and Celebrating My Family’s Legacy,” at Iowa State University‘s Great Hall in the Memorial Union.

1 month ago | bleedingheartland.com | Bruce Lear |Dean Lerner |Justin Scott |Randy Evans

Bruce Lear lives in Sioux City and has been connected to Iowa’s public schools for 38 years. He taught for eleven years and represented educators as an Iowa State Education Association regional director for 27 years until retiring. He can be reached at [email protected] We’ve all attended parties living two hours beyond when it should die. The conversation ends, the chip dip separates, there’s more empty beer cans than full. But there’s always someone trying to keep it alive.