NEWS & EVENTS

Farmers deserve policies that enhance their markets, respect their work, and give rural communities the chance to thrive.

Iowans are hard at work in this terrible economy trying to pay their bills. To make matters worse, your words, votes, and allegiances continue to harm your constituents and home state.

On a rainy evening, the gym at Abraham Lincoln High School was filled with energy and heartfelt stories as educators, parents, and community members gathered to honor Iowa State Rep. Josh Turek.

Dear Rep. Josh Turek: Your votes, allegiances, and beliefs respect common decency, the heart of what we wanted you to learn here. We believe it is the time for you to graduate to the United States Senate and to continue to represent not only Iowans, but all Americans.

Don’t be afraid of young people; be afraid for them. We cannot know how denying access to works of art might divert a student from a path that could change the world.

Nearly 400 miles biked. Sweltering temperatures of 100 degrees. Hundreds of stories shared by everyday Iowans. Triumphant tears as they dipped bike tires or toes into the Mighty Mississippi. And a renewed commitment to elect good and decent people to represent Iowa. Iowans for Decency members, including co-founder Peter Hedges, biked or drove across the state hosting listening sessions along the 2026 RAGBRAI route. The "What's Eating Iowans Listening Tour" gave us a chance to

Iowa farmer and Iowans for Decency volunteer Matt Russell, provides a neighborly call to action in his latest blog post

DES MOINES, Iowa — A bipartisan group of former Valley High School educators and students has created a political action committee, Iowans for Decency, to oppose Ashley Hinson's U.S. Senate campaign.

250 gather for Iowans For Decency rollout at State Capitol The Iowa Mercury Author Peter Hedges addresses the Iowans for Decency rally. Photo Courtesy of Iowans For Decency Dozens of West Des Moines educators rendered a collective judgment of disappointment in U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Marion, an alum of Valley High School, in a relentless rally Saturday that served as both a post-graduation failing grade from a new advocacy group on Hinson’s record of public service and a c

Dozens of former West Des Moines teachers expressed their disappointment with U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson Saturday at the Iowa State Capitol during the launch of a new grassroots organization, Iowans for Decency. During the event, bipartisan retired educators accused Hinson, R-Iowa, who is running for U.S. Senate, of failing to demonstrate decency. In a letter signed by more than 60 retired educators, they highlighted 14 specific areas in which they said she has failed to represe

As Iowa prepares for graduations across the state, dozens of former educators and members of a new values-based grassroots organization gathered at the State Capitol Saturday and proclaimed that U.S. Senate candidate Ashley Hinson has failed to demonstrate decency in her current position as U.S. Representative for Iowa’s 2nd district.