I am glad to be an American citizen and proud of my country’s aspirations for social justice, health and education …
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I am glad to be an American citizen and proud of my country’s aspirations for social justice, health and education …
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DES MOINES – With COVID-19 raging through Iowa at a disturbing pace, never before seen during the pandemic, the debate …
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What lessons should Republicans learn from the 2020 elections? On one hand, Republicans gained seats in the U.S. House and …
Staff Columnists Nov. 15, 2020 7:00 am1900d ago
Back in the spring of 2017, your columnist humbly argued that Iowa Democrats might want to think about tapping a …
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President-elect Joe Biden faces considerable political obstacles to enacting the most ambitious pieces of his agenda. The biggest hurdle, pending …
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COVID-19 has changed all of our lives in so many ways. We are still uncertain of the long term effects …
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Over the past four years Donald Trump has proclaimed his special place among all presidents before him. He sees a …
Michael Schmidt and Josh Mandelbaum Guest Columnists Nov. 14, 2020 6:00 am1901d ago
Last week, Alliant Energy announced it would retire its coal-fired Lansing Generating Station by the end of 2022 and convert …
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Guest Columnists Nov. 13, 2020 2:45 pm1902d ago
On Nov. 9, Pfizer pharmaceutical company announced promising preliminary results from clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. This was …
Staff Columnists Nov. 13, 2020 6:00 am1902d ago
Iowa now has a road map for local governments to wind down the drug war. A Des Moines task force …
Staff Editorials Nov. 12, 2020 4:37 pm1903d ago
Iowa should adopt a set of policies to diminish racial bias in policing, according to a committee appointed by the …
Staff Columnists Nov. 12, 2020 7:00 am1903d ago
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds stood before reporters this week in a state flooding with COVID-19 and tossed us some paper …
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