William Harding once set the low bar for Iowa governors. In May 1918, Harding signed his infamous “Babel Proclamation,” banning …
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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Mar. 30, 2023 6:00 am72d ago
William Harding once set the low bar for Iowa governors. In May 1918, Harding signed his infamous “Babel Proclamation,” banning …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Mar. 26, 2023 6:00 am76d ago
In recent years, I’ve frequently referred to our Republican-controlled Iowa Legislature as a bulldozer, swiftly shoving bills to passage while …
Austin Wu Staff Columnists Mar. 26, 2023 6:00 am76d ago
In 2009, a minor controversy in a mid-sized town in Indiana involving two homosexual penguins was resolved when the penguins …
Althea Cole Staff Columnists Mar. 26, 2023 7:09 am76d ago
My editor and I had a great experience at my old high school last week, where we were invited to …
Nichole Shaw Staff Columnists Mar. 26, 2023 6:00 am76d ago
Trans people have been here. They are here today. They exist and they are entitled to the same basic human rights as the rest of us.
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Staff Columnists Mar. 12, 2023 6:00 am90d ago
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Staff Columnists Mar. 5, 2023 6:00 am97d ago
Iowa, you make me cringe. I’ve just watched the Republican-controlled Iowa Legislature advance an agenda using the party’s almost total …
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Mar. 5, 2023 6:00 am97d ago
I was ordered to leave the building and escorted out by Coralville police.
Staff Columnists Mar. 5, 2023 10:16 pm96d ago
In my last article about the benefits of boosting urban populations in older northern cities in the East and Midwest, …
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