Sofia DeMartino

Social service organizations work to support victims managing the emotional and financial fallout and trying to rebuild their lives. Many rely on Federal Victims of Crime Act, or VOCA, and Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA funding to provide temporary shelter, money for deposits on rental properties, transportation to medical appointments, therapy services, child care and more.

Educator, serial entrepreneur, and community leader Kimberly Fitten had an idea. The vision, a culmination of her years of work …

If it feels like you have been inundated lately with an onslaught of news about youth violence in Iowa schools, …

For about the past five years, the numbers have held steady: 30% of Americans are using online dating sites. The …

Last Christmas, my grandmother told me over scrambled eggs and buttered toast about the phone calls she had been receiving. …

In the summer of 2023, I began the process of filming an interview series focused on people and organizations in …

For about 12 years, I was a Medicaid recipient in the state of Iowa. The program was a godsend; I …

Every month at the Human Services Campus in Southeast Cedar Rapids, a group of women assembles to talk about life, …

We are a people who believe in a more perfect union, and who believe its pursuit a worthy endeavor and a civic obligation.

Cedar Rapidian Briana Smallwood is known for many things — developing leaders, co-owning and operating Vivian’s Soul Food, and her …

As women have achieved more parity in education and the workplace and as family dynamics and structures have shifted, AAUW has provided a point of connection.

Something unusual is happening at Tire Trained gym in Marion. On the surface, things look typical. The first round of …

Few Iowa programs address the needs of older LGBTQ adults

The effects of obesity we don’t see — mental health and isolation

A new crop of gangly, awkward, inexperienced teenagers will become registered voters before the coming election. This bunch was 11 …