Sofia DeMartino

There is a shared identity among those who call Iowa home. Behaviors and traditions that when transplanted sometimes cause confusion …

In the most recent Iowa legislative session, a slew of disappointing bills were proposed. The would-be laws targeted a favorite …

The pandemic altered our lives, and there’s no going back

After a few years of red-faced diatribes at the school board and the Statehouse, parents horrified by their children learning …

This month, Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley and 39 co-sponsors introduced a bill in the Iowa House that would dramatically …

Why do some people seem to thrive after events that bring lifelong chaos and hardship to others?

A lot of students don’t know that scholarships are a numbers game.

Who are we now? What will we become?

Again, Trump has announced his candidacy for President of the United States of America. Last time that happened, a few …

We were literally playing the game on the most challenging setting without the cheat code.

Bernie Prokop had a rough start in life. The youngest of four boys, Bernie lost his mother when she passed …

So often, we view criminal justice and crime in general from the detached perspective of an uninvolved observer.

At the age of 14, just two years after arriving in Cedar Rapids, Antonio “Tone Da Boss” Chalmers sought and …

Sharlonda Roorda’s adoptive mother didn’t know what to do with her hair. On this point, she and I shared a …

In June, 4.2 million Americans submitted their resignations. For some, it is an escape from a low-paying position, an overbearing …