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An Iowa Mercury milestone: Why Iowa Mercury? Why Now?
A few minutes ago, thanks to referrals from friends and colleagues and consistent posting with The Iowa Writers' Collaborative, The Iowa Mercury hit…
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Farmers fearful Koch takeover of Iowa fertilizer plant would boost nitrogen prices, bring more consolidation to agriculture
FTC Chair Lina Khan holds listening session in central Iowa -- 100 attend
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'Nuclear War: A Scenario,' a wake-up call as prospect of hell-on-earth nightmare looms
Journalist Annie Jacobsen's urgent book war-games extinction itself
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What Tom Harkin would do if he were running for office in 2024
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The dehumanizing formula of a school shooting
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A good-news story about newspapers
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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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How 'Better Not Bitter' Iowa author coped with the death of husband
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Freedom's Final Rattle
(The following is a poem from Iowa Mercury founder and writer Douglas Burns on the urgency of truth of America today.) Soul-stealing hopelessness Dark…
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Inside angle: The power of hand-made political protest poster art in a digital age
The rich history of art as protest is a more forceful feature of a progressive-leaning Iowa organization that's been elevating the medium in the months…
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BREAKING: Trump plans to be cryogenically frozen, return to run for White House in coming centuries
The Year 2120 Corp., a pioneering cryonics research-and-development lab, has announced a ground-breaking pact with former President Donald Trump, one…
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Blue Missouri leader tells rural Iowa Democrats: Don't talk about Biden
DES MOINES, Iowa Even with strong job growth, infrastructure development, including boosts to ag regions, and other financial metrics trending…
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R.F. Kuang's novel 'Yellowface' delivers page-turning, intensely relevant magic
(Editor's Note: This is a spoiler-free review) Juniper Song, a white author who altered her name for a more eastern ring, doesn't let cultural…
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The curious case of Mike Pence in Iowa
Mike Pence could give marital advice. But not for the reasons you think. He has much in common with long-loyal spouses spurned for the fresh, flashy new…
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What one great teacher means
The enduring legacy of Carroll, Iowa's Mr. Knott. The late teacher empowered generations to lead self-examining lives
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