In addition to all the well documented attempts by the CO2 pipeline companies to use eminent domain, coercion and public …
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Dale Braun Guest Columnists Jun. 21, 2023 5:30 pm858d ago
In addition to all the well documented attempts by the CO2 pipeline companies to use eminent domain, coercion and public …
Qihang Lin Guest Columnists Jun. 21, 2023 9:02 am859d ago
Artificial intelligence is playing an ever-larger role in our lives, from approving mortgages and credit cards to getting a job …
Norman Sherman
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I don’t go to church, and I don’t watch much baseball anymore. I can sleep in on Sundays and leave …
LaNisha Cassell
Guest Columnists Jun. 18, 2023 6:00 am862d ago
The African American Museum of Iowa marks Juneteenth as its Voices Inspiring Progress campaign continues
Nate Willems
Guest Columnists Jun. 18, 2023 6:00 am862d ago
In 2017, Iowa Republicans rewrote our public sector collective bargaining law, Chapter 20, dramatically taking away the rights of Iowa …
Andy McKean
Guest Columnists Jun. 18, 2023 6:00 am862d ago
I hear it all the time — why can’t politicians work together and get things done? It took the specter …
Science Iowa Board Guest Columnists Jun. 18, 2023 6:00 am862d ago
Sports fans know that at the end of a game, the only numbers that count are the scores: who put …
Bruce Lear Guest Columnists Jun. 17, 2023 6:00 am863d ago
It’s been 33 years since Rosanne Barr butchered the national anthem on live TV at a Padre’s baseball game. I …
Steve Corbin
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Plagiarism (noun): the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own. Voters may …
V Fixmer-Oraiz
Guest Columnists Jun. 15, 2023 9:11 am865d ago
Pride month has long been a celebration of our beautiful LGBTQ+ community. It is a time of radical joy and …
Nicholas Johnson
Guest Columnists Jun. 13, 2023 10:20 am867d ago
Politicians who play by our democracy’s essential political norms put the oil in its joints. Those who violate them risk …
Dexter Merschbrock
Guest Columnists Jun. 13, 2023 10:16 am867d ago
Note: The school board approved the contract in a 6-1 vote, with Merschbrock voting no. Tonight (Monday), the Cedar Rapids …
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