Mike Kuhlenbeck

Iowa workers unionize at military-industrial PAE

Urbandale, Iowa - Workers at Pacific Architects and Engineers Inc. will begin contract negotiations on Jan. 21 after winning a…

December 10, 2016

After Polk County ‘compromise,’ Fight for $15 goes statewide in Iowa

Polk County, Iowa - In reaction to a vote by the Polk County Board of Supervisors for a compromised wage…

November 4, 2016

#NoDAPL battleground: Iowans resist pipeline

Boone, Iowa Standing Rock Solidarity demonstrators gathered here on Sept. 22 to protest Dakota Access Pipeline construction and “to put…

October 2, 2016

‘Fight for $15, fight for fair!’

Des Moines, Iowa Polk County Fight for $15 activists are opposing a task force proposal that calls for a gradual…

September 18, 2016

Workers’ Alliance protests homeless evictions

Des Moines, Iowa The Des Moines Workers’ Alliance protested the city’s eviction of homeless camps by “evicting” the city officials…

September 11, 2016

Petition demands justice for Ethel Rosenberg

The Rosenberg Fund for Children is petitioning the White House to exonerate Ethel Rosenberg. Along with her spouse Julius Rosenberg,…

August 16, 2016

Iowa ‘Fight for $15’ activists keep fighting

Des Moines, Iowa July 28 -- The “Fight for $15” struggle in Polk County, Iowa, continues as a county task…

July 29, 2016

Display to honor Gazan children killed by Israel

Des Moines, Iowa The American Friends Service Committee will honor the victims of Israel’s 2014 military assault on Gaza with…

July 29, 2016

Iowa’s Good Park Rebellion celebrates 50 years — led to local Black Panther Party’s founding

Fifty years ago the “Good Park Rebellion” helped inspire the founding of the Black Panther Party in Des Moines, Iowa.…

July 7, 2016

Fight for $15 and minimum wage myth-busting in Polk County, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa -- Over 70 community members gathered in Polk County, Iowa, on June 28 to hear speakers Paul…

June 30, 2016