Rebecca Zweig

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Rebecca Zweig is a visiting assistant professor at the University of Iowa. She is a recent graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, and lives in Iowa City.

The Iowa Caucuses Have Long Turned Out the ‘Same Old White Crew.’ 2020 Could Be Different.

The Iowa Caucuses Have Long Turned Out the ‘Same Old White Crew.’ 2020 Could Be Different. The Iowa Caucuses Have Long Turned Out the ‘Same Old White Crew.’ 2020 Could Be Different.

After the shock of 2016, grassroots organizers set out to make the Iowa caucuses more representative of the changing state. Soon we’ll find out if they succeeded.

Jan 21, 2020 / Feature / Rebecca Zweig

Kooper Caraway

‘Organize or Die’: Kooper Caraway Ushers in a New Labor Movement ‘Organize or Die’: Kooper Caraway Ushers in a New Labor Movement

The 28-year-old president of the Sioux Falls AFL-CIO puts international solidarity to work in South Dakota.

Mar 29, 2019 / Drinks On The Nation / Rebecca Zweig

JD Scholten Winnebago

J.D. Scholten Bets the Farm on Beating Steve King J.D. Scholten Bets the Farm on Beating Steve King

Just weeks from the midterms, an Iowa hometown hero is gaining ground on one of Congress’s most toxic incumbents.

Oct 22, 2018 / Rebecca Zweig

Cathy Glasson

Socialism Comes to Iowa Socialism Comes to Iowa

An unusual coalition may be a template for the growing American left.

Dec 20, 2017 / Nicolás Medina Mora and Rebecca Zweig

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