Did you hear that on Sept. 21 nearly 400,000 people jammed NYC streets? For more than two miles – from …
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Did you hear that on Sept. 21 nearly 400,000 people jammed NYC streets? For more than two miles – from …
Iowa has weathered two politicized attacks on its courts in recent years. The first, in 2010, saw Iowa voters toss …
Carroll Hosbrook, a farm boy from Ohio, found himself in a small French village on Nov. 11, 1918. Bells in …
Sunday marked the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the stunning, historic day when communist East Germany …
As a kid, I remember standing in front of enormous glass cases in the Iowa Statehouse rotunda. Inside were dozens …
Here’s a typical scene in any American checkup: The doctor walks in to find the patient sitting on the table. …
IT’S A FIRST: Following the results of the 2014 Midterm elections Iowa no longer has the dubious distinction of being …
MIDTERM TURNOUT: Roughly 53 percent of Iowa voters cast ballots in this year’s midterm elections. Turnout fell just short of …
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of …
What a waste. That’s been the most common sentiment I’ve heard, both from Republicans and Democrats, when talk turns to …
Something ugly has happened in Eastern Iowa. Cornell College’s Black Awareness Cultural Organization (BACO) has been hosting a weeklong awareness …
I joined the Iowa National Guard in 1975. At that time, women actually joined the Women’s Army Corp, which had been …
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