Tag Archives: Iowa

How Soybeans Became China’s Most Powerful Weapon in Trump’s Trade War

China has reportedly halted all purchases of US soybeans. Here's why that's going to be very painful for American farmers.

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Five-fold Upsurge in Super PACs, Dark Money Groups’ Spending

Spending by political organizations working to influence the 2016 elections outside the party or official campaign structure registers a five-fold increase by this date in the last presidential cycle.

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Friends Like These

GOP presidential hopefuls are cozying up to anti-immigrant extremists and right-wing billionaires.

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The Political Consequences of the Great Recession

American politics has entered a long phase of electoral volatility and divided government, with Republicans holding distinct advantages in mobilizing their coalition in many statewide and local contests and Democrats having a seemingly firm grip on presidential politics. The longer-term demographic and geographic shifts that are rapidly changing American society have yet to coalesce into clear partisan majorities across multiple levels of government.

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As Iowa Goes, So Goes the Nation – Maybe

Is the corn state representative of the rest of the country and is that what we should be looking at anyway?

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