Immigrant workers in Midwestern meatpacking plants endure backbreaking jobs to realize their American dreams. And when meatpacking plants spew pollution, …
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Immigrant workers in Midwestern meatpacking plants endure backbreaking jobs to realize their American dreams. And when meatpacking plants spew pollution, …
Let’s play everyone’s favorite new game — “Why did Democrats get clobbered?“ One answer that’s sweeping the nation insists Democrats …
Guest Column | Shirley Ruedy Color me elated. On Nov. 14 I celebrate two momentous anniversaries — not wedding, not …
This candidate has lived in Iowa its whole life and is known throughout the state. Its platform focuses on ecosystem restoration and insect education. They’re one of the largest, most beautiful butterflies whose host plant is an equally beautiful wildflower.
The corpse of the losing Presidential campaign isn’t cold but they’re sharpening knives for autopsy. As always, according to the …
President Franklin Roosevelt’s spoke on Armistice Day at Arlington National Cemetery on Nov. 11, 1941, just weeks before Japan attacked …
I like humility in people. Most of us do. No high hat, no royal robes, no swagger. That’s especially true …
Most people don’t want to be in a nursing home. That’s especially so because some of our homes are scary. …
The start of the Revolutionary War is known as “The Shot Heard Round the World.” Veterans Day, (Armistice Day) is …
Olivia Cohen’s Oct. 25 article in The Gazette, reporting on NexEra’s interest in restarting the Duane Arnold nuclear plant, requires …
November, one of those in-between months, rather like winter, but not quite, no longer autumn, and very dark. In November …
“I am just in a panic about the outcome of the election,” said my good friend, a fellow Republican woman …
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