Iowa history matters. Whether you are a student or a senior, whether you live on a gravel road or in an urban apartment building, whether you are new to Iowa or can trace your great-grandparents to ...

Former governor and ambassador Terry Branstad was honored with the state's highest award for citizens on Thursday. Branstad ...

Iowa has a unique, rich history in civil rights and legal heritage in the advancement of freedom and equality. The past and current preoccupation with diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) by the Iowa ...

If you build it, they will come. That’s the idea with a new free online course called Iowa 101 that is being offered to anyone with interest and Internet access. Tom Morain, the head of government ...

Iowans make history. Some history makers, like Dowling Catholic point guard turned all-time great Hawkeye Caitlin Clark, are well-known. Others are lesser-known, such as Davenport resident Marion ...

A high school graduation party moment captured in 1963, contributed by Monte Ehlers. Fortepan Iowa, an open source archival platform, represents everyday Iowa life and history through photos submitted ...

Talk of Iowa is a place for Iowans to connect to our shared culture and what it means to live in Iowa. Host Charity Nebbe brings a mix of regular guests and a range of experts to discuss the arts, ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - For every civil rights milestone we celebrate, there is a history of oppression that made it necessary. That's one of the messages of 'Exhibiting Bias,” a new exhibit at the Linn County ...

It may be trite, but a Thursday evening lecture proved a picture is better than a thousand words. University of Iowa graduate Mary Bennett (History M.A. ’85), the Special Collections coordinator for ...