Archive - The Iowa Mercury

'Yellowstone' most anti-adoption TV series in history

A MAGA hit is actually a Trojan horse for abortion rights

Dec 21 •

The last bastion of collective reality — and your role in saving it

Community newspapers are the last bastion of collective reality.

Dec 18 •

The Thumbs Of Justice

CEO shooting shows how scales of justice have long been smashed and replaced with pounding and pecking of instant-take social media judge-and-jurying of…

Dec 17 •

‘Denny O’Grady was one of my heroes,’ small-town newspaper publisher says of beloved late Carroll, Iowa sports editor

CARROLL, Iowa —

Dec 10 •

Call Me Papergirl

Reflections on life in the pages of newspapers

Dec 5

Advance and amplify an inspiring Iowa documentary, 'The Negro Artist,' on Giving Tuesday as it breaks out nationally

Here’s a project that deserves your consideration on Giving Tuesday:

Dec 3

Logging Off Isn’t The Answer

2016 was a slap in the face to women, and 2024 was a knife in the throat to our gender

Dec 2

November 2024

On what would have been his 100th birthday, a World War II veteran's son recalls timely lessons from his dad

An Iowa veteran writes passionately about his veteran father

Nov 25

Kill Hal: 'Numb and dumb is no way to go through life'

Winning trust back in the cold cultural civil war demands a community newspaper campaign that elevates human editors over profit-programmed algorithms

Nov 17 •

Lessons from Abraham Lincoln on turning depression into a superpower on the eve of a stressful hour in our Republic

At Ford’s Theatre Center for Education and Leadership in Washington, D.C., visitors encounter a overwhelming visual — a 34-foot tower of books written…

Nov 4 •

Iowa's Bohannan could be strongest, most informed abortion-rights voice in history of Congress

NOTE: The Iowa Mercury is on the verge of hitting 100 paid subscribers and closing in on 1,500 total subscribers.

Nov 3 •

October 2024

A cruel Iowa outrage: Nursing home caregivers (overwhelmingly women) often paid less than fast-food workers

Oct 27

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