Past Articles by Sarah McCammon
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The Silver Lining In Drought: 5 Upsides To Rain-Free Weather Drought is mostly seen as a bad thing — and for good reason. But the upsides include fewer mosquitoes, less polluted runoff and greater awareness of climate change. |
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The Silver Lining In Drought: 5 Upsides To Rain-Free Weather Drought is mostly seen as a bad thing — and for good reason. But the upsides include fewer mosquitoes, less polluted runoff and greater awareness of climate change. |
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Months After Scandal, Komen Sees Fundraising Drop In the months since the controversy over the Susan G. Komen Foundation's shifting position on funding for Planned Parenthood, the organization has seen a decline in fundraising and attendance at its main event, annual races held around the country to raise money for breast cancer prevention and treatment. |
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On The Trail In Iowa, The 'Death Tax' Gets New Life Republican candidates - from presidential nominee Mitt Romney on down the ticket - have been attacking the estate tax as harmful to family farmers who want to pass on land to their children. But experts say that concern may be overblown. |
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Iowa Voters Who Are - Literally - Done With The Election Iowa is the first swing state to open polling sites. Democrats have requested the overwhelming majority of absentee ballots in Iowa. But Republicans have an 18,000-person lead in voter registration. |
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Iowa Becomes First Swing State To Begin Early In-Person Voting There goes Iowa again, always having to be first. The home of the first-in-the-nation caucuses is also the first swing state to begin early in-person voting in the presidential election. |
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With Big Parties Over, It's Back To Small-Population Swing States On the heels of the quadrennial political extravaganzas, it's back to the day-to-day work of winning the election. On Friday, that means the focus returns to a pair of small-population states with relatively few electoral votes: Iowa and New Hampshire. |
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'My Two Moms' Author Hopes To Highlight Gay Rights At Convention A man who gained national attention for his story of growing up with lesbian mothers expects to address the Democratic National Convention on Thursday. Zach Wahls says he wants to send the message that kids who grow up in families like his turn out just fine. |
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Eastwood And His Chair Not Only Entertainers On The Trail Mitt Romney has Clint Eastwood and that now-famous empty chair on his side. But the Republican presidential nominee isn't the only one getting entertainment industry shoutouts this week. |
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In Iowa Ad War, It's Heartstrings Vs. Heartstrings   The TV ad war in a newly redrawn and hotly contested Iowa congressional district has begun, and it pits Republican Rep. Steve King's story of overcoming personal adversity against Democrat Christie Vilsack's story of ... overcoming personal adversity. |
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Issue Of Abortion Back In Spotlight In Swing States An anti-abortion group has begun a swing-state bus tour meant to bring attention to President Obama's views on abortion. At the same time, the Obama campaign has launched a new TV ad - aimed at some of the same voters in some of the same states - criticizing Republican Mitt Romney on the issue. |
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Obama's Iowa Hosts Say They'll Pray For Him, But They Won't Vote For Him Hours after President Obama paid a visit to a central Iowa farm Tuesday afternoon, the farm owner's adult son issued a statement not exactly in line with the Obama campaign's talking points. |
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For Jobs, Some Young Lawyers Are Keepin' It Rural Recent law school grads are facing one of the worst job markets in decades. But there's one place where law firms are hiring - rural America, where some counties are served by just one or two attorneys. Now some law schools in Iowa and Nebraska are trying to encourage their students to reconsider practicing law in small towns. |
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Raucous Iowa Convention May Signal What's To Come The fireworks at Saturday's Republican State Convention started early and burst throughout the day. Many longtime party activists say Rep. Ron Paul's supporters are taking over the party, and the friction showed. If the event is any indication, Mitt Romney might not get a drama-free national convention. |
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Romney Backers Brace For Paul 'Circus' In Iowa Mitt Romney will be the Republican presidential nominee, but fans of Ron Paul still want their say. A good chance is at this weekend's Iowa GOP state convention. Paul finished third in the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses. But he still could come away with a disproportionate share of the state's delegates. |
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Corn Farmers Hope, Cautiously, For A Bumper Crop U.S. farmers have planted more acres of corn in 2012 than in any year since the Great Depression. And while some are concerned that a bumper crop could push down prices, some analysts say global demand will help offset an increase in corn yields. |
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After Caucuses, Iowans Say 'Good Riddance' Iowa had America in its grip until the wee hours of Wednesday morning as the final caucus returns came in. Even an eight-vote margin can't change the fact that it's Wednesday in Des Moines. The only candidate left in Iowa stayed behind to drop out. |
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Obama Wins Iowa's Democratic Caucuses The Iowa caucuses - the first contest of the 2012 presidential nominating season - were held Tuesday night. President Obama was unopposed, but Democrats met in caucuses across the state for what was essentially a pep rally. |
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Bachmann Tries To Regain Early Iowa Lead Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann once appeared to be the favored Republican presidential candidate in Iowa. But she's been near the bottom of most polls since. Bachmann is making an aggressive push to finish well in next month's Iowa caucuses, and she embarks on a multi-day bus tour of the state Friday. |
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In Iowa, Obama Backers Seek To Rekindle Enthusiasm Iowa voters catapulted the young senator from Illinois to victory in the state's leadoff caucuses four years ago. The president's campaign, which is gearing up in the early states ahead of next year's election, is counting on activists to stick with him in 2012. |
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Romney To Iowans: 'The Country Counts On You'  On Wednesday, Mitt Romney campaigned in Iowa for the fifth time this year, raising his flag a bit higher in the state that begins the presidential nominating process with its caucuses on Jan. 3. He also defended a controversial campaign ad running in another early-voting state, New Hampshire. |
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Romney Banks On Lean, Low-Key Strategy In Iowa Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spent millions of dollars in Iowa in 2007 and 2008. He won the Ames Straw Poll but finished a distant second in the Iowa caucuses. This time, he's running a very different, and much smaller, campaign. |
