Once more, with feeling. But no optimism. Groups including the Sierra Club, Food and Water Watch and CCI Action, along …
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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Feb. 12, 2021 6:50 am1836d ago
Once more, with feeling. But no optimism. Groups including the Sierra Club, Food and Water Watch and CCI Action, along …
Adam Sullivan Staff Columnists Feb. 12, 2021 6:00 am1836d ago
As far as I can remember, there was only one year in my public school education when we recited the …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Feb. 11, 2021 7:00 am1837d ago
Iowa is making headlines across the nation. Late Friday, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced she would rescind the state’s already thin …
Erin Murphy Opinion Feb. 8, 2021 8:30 am1840d ago
I do not care what happens to the Iowa caucuses. Given Iowa’s looming battle to maintain its first-in-the-nation status, and …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Feb. 7, 2021 7:00 am1841d ago
Our Legislature has a mean streak. Cruel, even. Just ask transgender Iowans. I recently wrote about a slew of bills …
Staff Columnists Feb. 6, 2021 11:15 am1842d ago
In the weeks following the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, a surge of headlines from around the nation …
Staff Columnists Feb. 5, 2021 6:02 am1843d ago
As Iowa lawmakers consider a bill to expand school choice, a common refrain has emerged among critics: ‘Public money for …
Staff Columnists Feb. 1, 2021 6:00 am1847d ago
Americans are deeply divided on politics, but there are a few issues where former President Donald Trump pushed us closer …
Staff Columnists Jan. 31, 2021 7:00 am1848d ago
In the opening paragraphs of her Pulitzer Prize-winning essay commencing The New York Times’ 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones describes how …
Staff Columnists Jan. 29, 2021 6:00 am1850d ago
Which do Republicans love more – unregulated business or borders? Iowa Republicans this legislative session are siding with the imaginary …
Staff Columnists Jan. 28, 2021 7:00 am1851d ago
As state Rep. Sandy Salmon sees it, the notion of transgender Iowans being allowed to live their lives without state …
Staff Columnists Jan. 26, 2021 10:05 am1853d ago
Before he flew away from the capital, former President Donald Trump vowed ‘We will be back in some form.” The …
Staff Columnists Jan. 25, 2021 3:15 pm1854d ago
The inauguration of our 46th president last week didn’t feel like just a government function. It was a mix between …
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