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This column is being written on Flag Day, June 14, the occasion to commemorate the date, in 1777, when the …
As a nurse and union leader in Iowa City, I have seen Iowans demonstrate incredible bravery during the COVID-19 pandemic. …
Editor’s note: This guest column is a slightly edited version of an email from Mary Wilcynski to Cedar Rapids Mayor …
The news and internet are full of stories about coronavirus lawsuits being considered, planned or filed. Legal experts anticipate a …
As the COVID19 pandemic rages in America, older Americans face extraordinary risks. In fact, eighty percent of coronavirus deaths in …
We’d love to say that we’re eagerly anticipating meeting you this fall, but we have to be honest. We’re scared. …
The first time I went to Squaw Creek Park I was about 10 years old, shooting off a rocket I …
The phrase ‘we have met the enemy and they are us” is what Oliver Hazard Perry uttered after the 1813 …
I graduated high school during the farm crisis, when interest rates were 21 percent and farm families like mine were …
I was driving to work down Dubuque Street in Iowa City and as I got closer, I saw it – …
On June 28, 1969, at a gay bar on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, the night started out like any …
As our nation wrestles with the economic fallout of COVID-19, senators are deciding whether or not to expand the eligibility …
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