Op-ed: Iowa’s water crisis is no longer being ignored. @keithschneider69.bsky.social writes how Toxic Terrain, our investigative series with @circleofblue.bsky.social, helped bring water contamination and cancer into Iowa’s political debate. www.thenewlede.org/2026/07/in-a...

In a "toxic terrain," journalism exposes Iowa's farm pollution problemReal change occurs in America when civic pressures from outside the centers of influence force insiders to retreat. A compelling example of that that type of systemic change is now unfolding in Iowa.www.thenewlede.org