DES MOINES, Iowa —
The Iowa League of Women Voters Thursday night presented journalist Rekha Basu with the Defending Democracy award.
Her inspiring 16-minute speech spanned a range of urgent issues. The full video of Basu’s remarks at the Jasper Winery in Des Moines is above. Iowa Mercury live-streamed the speech.
Basu’s award-winning columns have appeared not only in The Des Moines Register but in newspapers across the nation.
She is now a member of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative. Read her columns at the Substack platform Rekha Shouts and Whispers here.
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