Daniel Nasaw, Guardian Limited (UK)
Iowa is often described in journalistic shorthand as one of the whitest states in the country, and the small black population of just 2% is largely ignored. But in this city of 67,000, 14% of the population is African American – slightly higher than the national figure of 13%.
In an election featuring the most viable African-American candidate in history and the spouse of a former president once called “the first black president,” and in a Democratic contest that every poll shows a dead heat with the caucusing just days away, what happens in Waterloo could matter a lot.
