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Sofia DeMartino
Sofia DeMartino strives to open dialogues that serve as a catalyst for change, inspiring readers to question the status quo, challenge their own beliefs, and seek greater understanding for collective growth.
Sofia’s lived experience and love for empowering others have led her to spend over a decade working in social services. Her work in this field has shaped her worldview, fostering a profound interest in the transformative power of human connection and the evolution of identity.
Latest Articles by Sofia DeMartino
Staff Columnists Dec. 12, 2021 6:00 am538d ago
Last month, in an attempt to regain possession of my phone from my 7-year-old, I bought her a tablet. I …
Staff Columnists Nov. 28, 2021 6:00 am552d ago
For those of us who lived it, the consequences are still keeping us up at night.
Staff Columnists Nov. 15, 2021 2:32 pm565d ago
The current rate of births is the lowest it has been since the 1930s and people are concerned.
Staff Columnists Oct. 23, 2021 6:00 am588d ago
New Iowa law is a highly politicized scare tactic heightening hysteria around the threat that never was
Staff Columnists Oct. 16, 2021 6:00 am595d ago
Linn County is growing, and nearly half of that growth is due to immigration.
Opinion Sep. 22, 2021 8:26 am619d ago
“We are thinking about what the library’s role might be in the future and planning what we can bring to informational services.”
Opinion Sep. 5, 2021 6:30 am636d ago
A few weeks after 9/11, my family celebrated my son’s first birthday. The next day, then-President George W. Bush announced the United States military engagement in Afghanistan.
Opinion Aug. 15, 2021 12:27 pm657d ago
The imagined danger posed by Black people existing remains a box office smash, turning out voters, consumers, and vigilantes year after year after bloody year.
Opinion Aug. 4, 2021 6:00 am668d ago
“If there is no available affordable child care, you can’t work — and more often than not, child care continues to fall within the responsibility of women.”
Opinion Jul. 17, 2021 12:00 pm686d ago
It is incumbent upon us — us the community; us the collective; us the village — to support the success of our children as best we are able
Opinion Jul. 10, 2021 6:00 am693d ago
Throughout the pandemic, a widespread challenge for nonprofit agencies has been maintaining volunteer levels that support the work at hand.
Opinion Jun. 28, 2021 11:20 am705d ago
Lack of available housing, exacerbated by last year’s derecho, is a massive barrier to those who have already had their escape plans on hold for months due to the pandemic.
Opinion Jun. 9, 2021 6:00 am724d ago
To write this achievement gap off as another outcome of poverty without acknowledging the role of systemic barriers to economic advancement is to do a disservice to the work of equity.
Opinion May. 23, 2021 5:00 am741d ago
Environmental justice means everyone must have equal access to the decision-making process
Opinion May. 16, 2021 7:30 am748d ago
Gov. Reynolds praised the new bill as creating “choice” for landlords. Stripping these communities of their source of income ordinances actually offers a reduction in options for tenants.