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Common Good Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa ·Common Good Iowa is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization built on a collective 50 years of experience of two respected Iowa organizations — the Child and Family Policy Center and Iowa Policy Project. Our team of policy advocates and researchers leverage reliable data, solid analysis, and collaborative relationships to craft people-centered policy solutions for our state’s most pressing issues.
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Iowa Network publications
Child care in Iowa: Challenges, controversies and new policy directions
- January 16, 2026
- Common Good Iowa
- Sheila Hansen
Want to Address Affordability? Increase the Minimum Wage
- January 15, 2026
- Common Good Iowa
- Sean Finn
Iowans Know: Don’t Play with Job Numbers
- August 14, 2025
- Common Good Iowa
- Mike Owen
2025 Legislative Recap Lawmakers Moved More of the Same: Restrictions and Punishment Over Efforts to Expand Opportunity
- May 29, 2025
- Common Good Iowa
Tax Break for Tips, Overtime Misses the Mark
- April 21, 2025
- Common Good Iowa
- Sean Finn
Once Again, Tax Cuts Aren’t the Solution
- January 27, 2025
- Common Good Iowa
- Mike Owen
Paving the High Road: Opportunities and Threats Shaping the Future of Iowa’s Construction Industry
- December 10, 2024
- Common Good Iowa
- Sean Finn
Immigrants Are a Vital Part of Iowa’s Future
- October 30, 2024
- Common Good Iowa
Co-released with Immigration Research Initiative (IRI), Economic Policy Institute (EPI), and Common Good Iowa.
Race in the Heartland: Equity, Opportunity, and Public Policy in the Midwest
- October 10, 2019
- Common Good Iowa
- Colin Gordon
A half-century removed from the high-tide of the civil rights movement, progress on racial equity has slowed or stalled on many fronts. Nowhere is this more starkly evident than in the […]
Race in the Heartland: Equity, Opportunity, and Public Policy in the Midwest
- October 10, 2019
- Colin Gordon
A number of factors—historical, economic, demographic, and political—have shaped patterns of racial disparity and race relations in the Midwest. Of the eight most segregated cities in 2010’s Census data, six […]