Recently, on one of those “today in history” moments that are the total of television’s nod to educational content, I discovered that it was the 125th anniversary of Thomas Edison’s invention of the ...

new video loaded: Why the Iowa Caucuses Are So Important transcript Protests in the 1960s, a mimeograph machine and a long-shot candidate all contributed to Iowa’s unlikely role in the presidential ...

When Iowa’s brave and hardy Republicans venture Monday night into the arctic cold to cast the first presidential ballots of 2024, Richard Bender will be watching with special interest and a twinge of ...

Vivid primary school memories of the acrid smell of blue ink used in mimeograph machines, and the hardship a dyslexic classmate faced in learning English grammar provided inspiration for “Mimeograph ...

Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucuses, which have grown into a political industry, gained their coveted spot on the presidential calendar through serendipity. (Charlie Neibergall / Associated Press) ...