MOLINE, ILLINOIS (October 28, 2019) — The Black Box Theatre will present the area premiere of “Loser’s Bracket” by Clay and Nate Sander. The Sanders were raised in Camanche, Iowa and draw on their small-town upbringing to bring the comedy to life.

DES MOINES, IOWA (October 28, 2019) — Members of Congress representing Middle America have been talking about the challenges facing the Midwest for years, but our warnings have largely fallen on deaf ears.

Why? Because too often, Congress doesn’t act on a problem until it becomes a crisis.

ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS (October 28, 2019) — The Quad City Federation of Labor and Clinton Labor Congress have developed a working relationship between members of organized labor and local elected officials. The Quad City Federation of Labor serves union members in Scott, Muscatine and Louisa Counties in Iowa and Clinton Labor Congress serves union members in Clinton County.

When US president Donald Trump announced his plan to relocate a few dozen US soldiers in Syria — getting them out of the way of a pending Turkish invasion — the Washington establishment exploded in rage at what it mis-characterized as a US "withdrawal" from Syria. Instead of fighting that mis-characterization, Trump embraced it, pretending that an actual withdrawal was in progress and announcing on October 9 that "we're bringing our folks back home. "