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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Dec. 22, 2022 6:00 am96d ago
On Monday, the Jan. 6 committee made criminal referrals to the Justice Department recommending charges against former president Donald Trump …
Sofia DeMartino Staff Columnists Dec. 18, 2022 6:00 am101d ago
Who are we now? What will we become?
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Dec. 18, 2022 6:00 am101d ago
It’s time for everyone’s favorite end of the year filler column that saves your burned-out columnist from having to think …
Althea Cole Staff Columnists Dec. 18, 2022 6:00 am101d ago
Hanging in the hallway of my condo is a letter board with a message that I assembled myself: “YOU SHOULD …
Austin Wu Staff Columnists Dec. 18, 2022 6:00 am101d ago
NTS now covers the entirety of Cedar Rapids, Marion, and Hiawatha
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Staff Columnists Dec. 15, 2022 6:00 am103d ago
Recently, I mentioned being outside the Iowa Judicial Building in April 2009 when the Iowa Supreme Court unanimously struck down …
Staff Columnists Dec. 11, 2022 6:00 am108d ago
Hate speech is on the rise in the United States, as is antisemitism and homophobia with the downpour of anti-LGBTQ …
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Dec. 11, 2022 6:00 am108d ago
Displeased or not, most can agree that the fate of Iowa Democrats’ leadoff status was sealed three years ago on Feb. 3, 2020
Staff Columnists Dec. 11, 2022 6:00 am108d ago
A check in the city’s Christmas stocking, perhaps.
Staff Columnists Dec. 6, 2022 3:03 pm111d ago
He won’t have to worry about getting shucked over in the Tall Corn State for a fourth time.
Staff Columnists Dec. 7, 2022 8:04 am111d ago
One of the sources used by Alexander Rapp in mapping out old public transit routes in eastern Iowa: an ad for the streetcar in Cedar Rapids and Marion, from the Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette and Republican, from Friday, 9 October 1931. These lines were replaced by buses by 1937. Courtesey of Alexander Rapp.
Staff Columnists Dec. 4, 2022 6:00 am115d ago
It’s beginning to sound like Christmas. But if you feel like those catchy carols don’t quite capture the modern spirit, …
Althea Cole
Staff Columnists Dec. 4, 2022 12:58 pm113d ago
We should all be counting our blessings this Christmas that a railway strike will indeed not happen
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