Sand, with his deer hunting bow in one hand and a slice of breakfast pizza in the other, has built an audience — but his latest act of self-promotion seems to have backfired
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Sand, with his deer hunting bow in one hand and a slice of breakfast pizza in the other, has built an audience — but his latest act of self-promotion seems to have backfired
This month
Critical race theory teaches the reality that systems are not “colorblind”
Iowa law enforcement should have been notified that a group of migrant children were going to be transported through Iowa
Goodbye Speaker Pelosi. Greetings Speaker McCarthy. That’s the story in January 2023 if today’s conventional wisdom is true: the party …
Wellington Heights used to be a model for a connected and walkable neighborhood. That all changed after the car-centric expansion in the 40s and 50s.
Gov. Kim Reynolds is using migrant children as political pawns, and her opponents are more than happy to do the same
National Democrats need to settle this sooner than later. If leaders decide to shuffle the calendar to put a primary in a more diverse state first, so be it
The Board of Supervisors is publicly questioning the need for military vehicles on city streets, but they can’t force the sheriff to get rid of it.
Are they there to prevent a tragedy, or to patrol typical teenage behavior? In Cedar Rapids schools, it’s most often the latter.
It’s important to consider why Iowa’s job openings have been left unfilled
State Rep. Ras Smith, D-Waterloo, has entered the race for the Democratic nomination for governor. On Tuesday I asked him a question that’s on the minds of a lot of Democrats as they’ve watched our once purple swing state turn bright Republican red.
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