The detransitioners are ready to talk. Are you ready to listen?
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Althea Cole Staff Columnists Oct. 29, 2023 5:00 am713d ago
The detransitioners are ready to talk. Are you ready to listen?
Sofia DeMartino Staff Columnists Oct. 29, 2023 5:00 am713d ago
We are a people who believe in a more perfect union, and who believe its pursuit a worthy endeavor and a civic obligation.
David Chung Staff Columnists Oct. 29, 2023 5:00 am713d ago
"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party"
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Oct. 22, 2023 5:00 am720d ago
Perhaps I’m stuck in time, in the Iowa that used to cherish education, freedom of speech and freedom of expression.
Chris Espersen Staff Columnists Oct. 22, 2023 5:00 am720d ago
Jesse Hayes III loves to play video games and wants to become a game designer. The 14-year-old plays soccer and …
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For Chloe Cole (no relation to your friendly neighborhood opinion columnist,) the puberty process wasn’t a normal function of adolescence. …
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Maybe Bad Idea has a line of business wear.
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Three candidates have been endorsed by Moms for Liberty
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Staff Columnists Oct. 15, 2023 5:00 am727d ago
In early September, I came across a copy of an email received by a resident of the Cedar Rapids Community …
Staff Columnists Oct. 15, 2023 2:09 pm727d ago
The leaves are changing and last week I officiated at my mother’s funeral I am an Iowan, I was born …
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Cedar Rapids may create new layers of bureaucracy aimed at people who trap, neuter and return, or TNR, feral cars.
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Staff Columnists Oct. 8, 2023 5:00 am734d ago
Call it a victory, because it is.
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Hainley is one of many dedicated health care providers that Iowa is fortunate to have. But these providers face too many barriers to provide care to Iowans, and this year these barriers grew substantially in number and scope.
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