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Journalist Rekha Basu earns the Defending Democracy award from the Iowa League of Women Voters
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Why Josh Turek is Iowa Democrats' best candidate for U.S. Senate
The times and the man are meeting. Iowans will soon see this.
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Episode 6: Nik and Doug’s America: The Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival
Iowa-California filmmaker Nik Heftman, an Emmy Award-winning producer, joins The Iowa Mercury’s Douglas Burns for a rundown of the just-finished Cedar…
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Episode 5: Nik and Doug’s America. The Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival
Iowa-California filmmaker Nik Heftman of The Seven Times multi-media platform joins The Iowa Mercury’s Douglas Burns for a full rundown of the…
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An internal April Fool's column debate: In era of The Great Deconstruction of America is Trump satire appropriate?
I’d just about hit send on a below column several times.
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March 2025

He urged climate action from Bush, now former EPA chief pushing Musk on global warming
William K. Reilly talks about lost opportunities with climate change at Sebastopol Film Festival
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Statue of Liberty, Tesla, deep dive into DEI, March Madness, books and updates on a moving documentary — all with filmmaker Nik Heftman
Iowa filmmaker Nik Heftman joins The Iowa Mercury’s Douglas Burns for a timely and wide-ranging discussion on DEI and Drake University President Marty…
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The Seven Times
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1:35:34
Why The Iowa Mercury is staying rural
The suburbs of Des Moines are encroaching into rural Iowa at a breakneck pace.
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Tesla, Tim Walz in Iowa, Ex Pats, Oscar winner 'I’m Still Here' — Discussion on all with Iowa filmmaker Nik Heftman
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The Seven Times
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Top 5 Denzel Washington movies, ‘Nickel Boys’ review with filmmaker Nik Heftman
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Oscars Preview With Iowa Filmmaker Nik Heftman
Iowa Filmmaker Nik Heftman, an Emmy Award-winning producer, joined forces with The Iowa Mercury for a preview of tonight’s Academy Awards.
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The Place I Call Home No Longer Calls Me One of Its Own
What happens when the place you love stops loving you back?
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