civil rights

A state-run school for delinquent teenage boys has failed to meet professional standards for treating and screening mental illness, according to expert…

This year has been a political roller coaster for the state’s transgender population. A March state Supreme Court decision overturned a ban on using state…

The ACLU of Iowa has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a law that denies transgender Iowans on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgery. The…

This post was updated Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 2:48 p.m.Republicans at the Iowa Capitol voted Friday and Saturday to ban publicly-funded health…

A so-called religious freedom bill advanced in the Republican-controlled Iowa Senate Monday, in spite of vigorous objections from major business groups.…

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and acting Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg were among those celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday.Gov. Reynolds named…

A now-defunct student organization is suing the University of Iowa in federal court for religious discrimination. Business Leaders in Christ (BLinC) lost…

The racial violence that occurred in Charlottesville last week has ignited an intense, nationwide discourse about race in America. Many people are unsure…

The city of Nevada’s Chief of Police says his department has arrested an Ames man who reportedly threatened to kill, brand, and cause bodily harm to a…

Though Iowa’s largest Women’s March took place in Des Moines on Saturday, several smaller sister marches were held around the state. The smallest occurred…