Iowa

Girls on the Genesis Youth Foundation soccer team show off their skills with the ball at their practice in Des Moines.
Sports
Not all youth soccer players have the same opportunities. These Iowa clubs try to shrink that gap.
George Nissen appears on a trampoline at the 2000 Olympics.
Tokyo Olympics
The Olympic trampoline tradition: Remembering the man who taught the world to bounce
A boy sits in a living room at a desk and watches a TV with a lesson airing on it.
Education
Math at midnight: Students stuck in US struggle with remote learning at Chinese schools
Politics with Amy Walter: The Path to November
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Politics with Amy Walter: An Unexpected Battle for the Senate
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Joe Biden y Bernie Sanders speak at a debate.
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¿Podrá Biden lograr que los latinos voten? Los defensores de la migración no están seguros.
Senator Bernie Sanders speaks as former Vice President Joe Biden reacts during the ninth Democratic 2020 U.S. Presidential candidates debate at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas Nevada, on Feb. 19, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
Can Biden turn out Latinos to vote? Advocacy groups aren’t sure.
Democratic US presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters and volunteers at a campaign field office in Iowa City, Iowa, Feb. 2, 2020.
US politics
Iowans debate how to make the caucuses more inclusive
Politics with Amy Walter: The View from Iowa
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Politics with Amy Walter: Iran, Impeachment, and Iowa
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Grain buyers from Japan check out the corn on Rod Pierce's farm near Woodward, Iowa.
Will Iowa farmers benefit from Trump’s newest deals with China and Japan?
The Mississippi River near New Orleans, Louisiana.
Environment
The Mississippi: Pushed to the brink
A man holds soybeans in his hands.
Business, Economics and Jobs
How soybeans became China’s most powerful weapon in Trump’s trade war
Ilhan Omar clasps her husband’s mother's face in her hands as she smiles
Women & Gender
These are the women who made history in this year’s midterm elections
Iowa farmer Bruce Wessling walks through his farm. Iowa is the nation’s leading pork exporting state. China put a 25 percent tariff on imported American pork back in April.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Iowans get a giant ad from China in their Sunday newspaper
Jewish man prays at altar with pews behind him, USA flag in background
Religion
A gift from small-town Iowa brings light to Paraguay’s capital
Texas wind farm
Environment
Congress boosted spending on science and the environment, even as Trump administration tried to cut
Arts, Culture & Media
Special Guest: Verlyn Klinkenborg
Arts, Culture & Media
Teatro Indocumentado
Jersey cows.
Food
Some farmers are rotating livestock, not just crops, to protect the land
Frank Liebl, executive director of the Newton Development Corporation, in front of the old Maytag headquarters. Community leaders are working to rent out the space, where 2,000 people once worked.
Economics
The most ‘broken’ town in America is back on its feet
Donald Trump, then the Republican nominee, attends a campaign rally in Detroit. November 6, 2016.
Global Politics
Trump’s merchandising man in Iowa wants you to give the president a chance
Demonstrators against the Dakota Access oil pipeline block a road near North Dakota's Standing Rock Reservation in October. The pipeline would cross historic Native land and pass under the Missouri River, the source of the local water supply.
Environment
It’s not just about a pipeline. Native activists say Dakota battle is their biggest stand in decades.
Global Politics
What happens to America’s deported immigrants
Iowa Aftermath, Road Warriors, The Headphone Jack
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Iowan Maria Alcivar caucused and voted yesterday for the first time.
Global Politics
This Latina was undocumented for 14 years — she just taught others to caucus
A voter shows off a hat covered in signatures from presidential candidates after a rally at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa
Global Politics
How one reporter explains the Iowa Caucus to people who understand it even less than Americans
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Conflict
Despite deaths and drugs, asylum in the US remains a dream for most Mexicans
Jerry Yellin, 91, speaking on Iwo Jima, 70 years after the battle
Conflict
A veteran of Iwo Jima ponders if the fight was worth it
Environment
Midwest and Tennessee Brace for Heavy Snow
Global Politics
Obama Administration announces big spending package on transportation
Paper Mulberry
Health & Medicine
Hayfever sufferers, be warned — avoid at all costs the allergy capital of the world
Paper Mulberry
Health & Medicine
Hayfever sufferers, be warned — avoid at all costs the allergy capital of the world
Environment
Study finds health issues with pigs consuming genetically modified foods
Global Politics
U.S. Congress reopens debate over replacing dollar bills with coins
Global Politics
Why are black people four times more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana crimes?
Researcher says rising corn prices could spark global food riots
Global Politics
When it comes to the presidential election, battleground states matter more
Arts, Culture & Media
Arts advocate critical of Obama’s Turnaround Arts Initiative for select U.S. schools
Dull, Boring set to become sister cities
Global Politics
Romney wins convincing victory in Illinois primary
Global Politics
Comprehensive government accountability investigation finds pervasive corruption risk
Environment
USDA offers farmers more money to conserve land
Business, Economics and Jobs
Chinese delegation signs huge soybean trade agreement with the U.S.
Global Politics
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping kicks off U.S tour
Global Politics
With Gingrich surging, Romney brings advantages into Florida ‘dogfight’
Global Politics
VIDEO: With S.C. Primary looming, voters have much to think about
Global Politics
Bad news for Romney: Perry drops out, Iowa Caucus takes back his victory
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VIDEO: At South Carolina debate, GOP challengers push Romney
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Romney supporters try to understand sometimes tepid support for his candidacy
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South Carolina, Florida primaries up next for GOP presidential candidates
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VIDEO: Romney cruises to victory in New Hampshire primary; Paul takes second
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Super PACs making a difference in 2012 primary elections
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Voters, candidates gearing up for Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary
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Rick Santorum tries to capitalize on Iowa showing as New Hampshire primary looms
Global Politics
VIDEO: Michelle Bachmann drops out of GOP presidential primary; Perry stays in
Global Politics
After hours of delays, Romney earns 8-vote victory over Santorum
Lifestyle & Belief
Elkader: An Iowa town named after an Algerian, Muslim jihadist