The project is an invaluable teaching tool for students at the University of Iowa, where the book and exhibition have been developed in partnership with the Daily Iowan Documentary Workshop and School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The university’s young professionals have taken advantage of learning opportunities with internationally acclaimed journalists, gaining experience in editing, design, project management, promotion, and curation. The Daily Iowan Documentary Workshop director, VII Foundation contributing photographer Danny Wilcox Frazier, has led the educational program and has served as editor and co-director of the project with The VII Foundation co-founder Ron Haviv. Students are following the project to its final printed form, a document meant to not just inform today’s readers of the issues of the day, but also preserve the push and pull that is the imperfect but ever-evolving democratic process in the United States.