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Christine Hawes Guest Columnists Mar. 11, 2021 3:34 pm1795d ago
Note: This is an abridged version of a column originally published by TheRealMainStream.com. There’s a new suggestion floating around to …
Scott Nau Guest Columnists Mar. 10, 2021 10:31 am1796d ago
State Sen. Rob Hogg’s letter of March 6 (‘Thiessen’s Reynolds column doesn’t tell the whole story”) criticizing our state’s handling …
Ashley Hinson
Opinion Mar. 11, 2021 8:40 am1795d ago
The 2020 election was chaotic and dysfunctional; millions of Americans across the country felt their legal votes were not counted …
Corbin Scholz
Guest Columnists Mar. 9, 2021 12:00 pm1797d ago
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of our food system on the state and national levels. With the pandemic’s …
David Osterberg
Guest Columnists Mar. 9, 2021 6:00 am1798d ago
State legislators have a message for local leaders concerned about their community’s carbon footprint: It’s not your business. It’s business’ …
Megan Isenberg
Guest Columnists Mar. 8, 2021 4:55 pm1798d ago
Jane Boyd was the epitome of a servant leader. She dedicated her life to serving vulnerable children and families in …
David V. Wendell Guest Columnists Mar. 7, 2021 6:00 am1800d ago
March 24 is International Tuberculosis Day. In the midst of a global virus pandemic, why is this significant? Because it …
Norman Sherman Guest Columnists Mar. 6, 2021 12:00 pm1800d ago
As he lay dying in a Washington hospital in 1998, Mo Udall, once a Democratic presidential candidate and a 30-year …
Kurt Ullrich
Guest Columnists Mar. 6, 2021 6:00 am1801d ago
At first I thought I was hearing a flock of chattering blackbirds or crows down in the woods behind my …
Carol Hunter
Guest Columnists Mar. 5, 2021 5:14 pm1801d ago
Freedom of the press stands alongside freedom of religion, speech, assembly and petition as the rights guaranteed by the 1st …
Stefanie Rupert
Guest Columnists Mar. 4, 2021 6:59 pm1802d ago
A global pandemic and disasters like the derecho storm have ravaged Iowa since last March. While these have created short-term …
SEIU Local 199 Bargaining Team
Guest Columnists Mar. 3, 2021 2:15 pm1803d ago
‘We stand together.’ That’s the slogan we adopted at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics when the pandemic hit. …
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