Thanks in large part to nitrate fertilizer pollution from farming operations in Iowa, the state’s waterways, which are public resources, …
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Thanks in large part to nitrate fertilizer pollution from farming operations in Iowa, the state’s waterways, which are public resources, …
The extraordinary efforts being made by young people across this country to achieve education’s long-standing goals must be commended. This …
While campaigning for president, Donald Trump proposed mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, but his administration would focus on immigrants with …
Lately, I’ve been thinking about some of the great times I had teaching high school. I remember those rare times when …
A warning for city council members, community organizers, and other leaders
The unimaginable has now become commonplace: Stripping health care from 56,000 Iowans. Taking food assistance and safety nets away from …
The GOP used to be against big bills — I still am
A couple weeks ago, one could observe Central Iowans pushing carts full of bottled water out of box stores and …
In the summer of 1937, something remarkable happened in Cedar Rapids. At the third anniversary celebration of the nation’s first …
Among my mother’s paintings is one that hangs on a wall across from where I spend most of my time. …
We are on the cusp of a civil rights movement — a movement to protect citizens’ fundamental right to access …
As I write this, House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is talking … and talking … and talking, using his …
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