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As a queer woman of color, I’ve been no stranger to hate and discrimination.
Iowa City’s police reform plan is not exactly the kind of radical change people were discussing a year ago.
There are thousands of individual stories among Iowans receiving federal pandemic unemployment benefits. The pandemic, which is not over, has …
Retailers could have their licenses revoked by the state if they are unable to afford the cost of complying
I’m often — no, usually — the only person in a meeting who looks like me
In many ways she still lives. Sometimes through my keyboard.
The demand for virtual care and remote access to doctors skyrocketed last year. Telehealth visits in Iowa increased by 4,800 …
Gov. Kim Reynolds preaches freedom for some Iowans, state-sanctioned genital inspections for others
After an Iowa activist took the governor to court last month, paperwork started moving
So the same governor who claims to care deeply for children’s mental health is also willing to dump on transgender …
Politically empowered people want to shield their neighborhoods from certain types of others — usually poor people, young people and people of color.
Ernst’s bipartisan Clean Slate Act would help some released prisoners earn gainful employment
Bureaucrats are coming for Iowa’s farm puddles again. OK, not really. But as the Biden administration surveys the environmental wreckage …
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