Iowa lawmakers passed one of the broadest DEI bans in the country.
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Iowa lawmakers passed one of the broadest DEI bans in the country.
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Iowa conservatives are cleaning out their racial anxiety closet.
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It’s no wonder college campuses are the epicenter of the anti-Israel protests that have dominated headlines for the past week …
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With the stroke of a pen, a person’s sex ceases to be the fixed and immutable physiological classification we know it to be.
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Sometimes, a legislative sneak attack under cover of darkness runs out of time.
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Today, it’s our kids wanting to stay safe. Yesterday, it was us.
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The Iowa House approved a bill this past week raising salaries for lawmakers and statewide government officials. But as legislators hurtled toward adjournment Friday and into Saturday, the Senate said “No thanks” to an election year pay increase.
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Rita Hart, chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, likes to compare her job to picking up rocks in a farm …
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