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It won't be parade of Confederate flags going up that starts second Civil War. It will be porn sites coming down via Project 2025
The conservative master blueprint Project 2025 will start the next civil war. Just not in the ways you think. In a crammed catalog of things I just…
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Could unity-minded Trump back reparations for slavery, make other unexpectedly bold moves in healing impulse for nation
In early March, after reading polls showing former President Donald Trump's ascendency with Black voters, I began asking a highly speculative question…
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Iowa delegate C.J. Petersen serving on Democratic National Convention's influential rules committee
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What Tom Harkin would do if he were running for office in 2024
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Stolen nights and places in between
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10 walks in a lifetime with my progressive mom
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‘Everything goes my way’ – the wonderful political life of Kim Reynolds
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A wandering Biden may lead Trump to VP running mate selection of Doug Burgum
Had Donald Trump interrupted President Joe Biden's nursing home recreation room stand-up (or don’t fall) act it would have amounted to the political…
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This Black-owned bakery in Iowa makes world's best cinnamon rolls
(This feature is developed in partnership with The Seven Times, a multi-media platform elevating small Black-owned businesses in Iowa, Chicago and…
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La Periodista de Iowa: Columbia Journalism Review spotlights western Iowa newspaper that 'proves that the best counter to online…
'Local newspapers are the last bastion of collective reality'
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Iowa combat veteran, former ag official Baccam 'ready to serve' again, he says —this time in Congress
After the rains, or in the routines of daily life, in one of the more war-ravaged reaches of the globe residents would spot the signs of unexploded…
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Ernst seeking third term in U.S. Senate, but open to role in a Trump cabinet
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'Suspicious' endorsement chase raises ethical questions for Iowa congressional candidate Melissa Vine weeks before Democratic primary
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Stolen nights and places in between
It started as instinct. I was 10. I didn’t have the words to summon an explanation. But I knew it, felt it. These are my places — the places along the…
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