Democrats in the age of Trump are quick to say they oppose the administration’s international trade policies. Now that it’s …
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Democrats in the age of Trump are quick to say they oppose the administration’s international trade policies. Now that it’s …
It didn’t get a ton of attention, but in late August, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds expressed what appeared to be …
For three Sunday’s in August, David Gray stood outside All Saints Catholic Church, holding a sign that reads, ‘No Statute …
President Donald Trump’s approval rating among Republicans, according to his own calculation, is 94 percent. That’s a record, he boasted …
Eighteen years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the war in Afghanistan drags on. Increasingly, the people involved in the conflict …
Warning: Fake weather. Here’s your National Weather Service forecast for Cedar Rapids and the surrounding area at 3:30 a.m. CDT …
I don’t think men are doing okay right now. Last week, I corrected my own grammar during a conversation on …
While Democrats who want to be president were outlining their plans to combat a climate crisis and clean up the …
Donald Trump is a Twitter president. A man who governs by the whims of tweets rather than policy. He whips …
The trendy mode of transportation people love to hate is coming to Eastern Iowa. Cedar Rapids recently added electric scooters …
As we hover here on the cusp between summer and fall, with days that are hot and sunny and nights …
Maybe we should turn Iowa’s ‘virtual caucus” conundrum over to some elementary school kids. They’d likely know, instinctively, that making …
In a Chinese restaurant in Des Moines, I heard a woman angrily asking a waiter for a better spoon. The …
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