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How Warren County Democrats Are Trying New Tactics
Guest op-ed from Crystal Schrader, the County Chair of the Warren County Democrats. With Warren County starting to trend more Republican over the past few years, the Warren County Democrats realized that we needed to start bringing new people into the party and re-engage those whose enthusiasm had faded. While we still had folks coming…
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Yes, You Can Stay Socially Distant And Be Politically Active
Guest op-ed from youth activist Isabella O’Connor of Des Moines. In a post-caucus and coronavirus-ridden state, Iowans are struggling to remain, or become, politically active. Many people who were already engaged in politics, or looking for a new hobby while social distancing, are having trouble discovering how to be involved. Yet now more than ever,…
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Activists Making Progress In Effort On Des Moines Racial Profiling
Guest op-ed from Lori Young, President of JustVoices and a resident of Des Moines. It’s been going on for decades in Des Moines, racial profiling that is. And for decades, different people and organizations have attempted to bring it to light and stop it, with little success. I began fighting racially-biased policing in my hometown…
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Activists Making Progress In Effort On Des Moines Racial Profiling
Guest op-ed from Lori Young, President of JustVoices and a resident of Des Moines. It’s been going on for decades in Des Moines, racial profiling that is. And for decades, different people and organizations have attempted to bring it to light and stop it, with little success. I began fighting racially-biased policing in my hometown…
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How Young Voters Can Use Politics To Lift Each Other Up
Guest op-ed from Ireland Larsen, a Drake University junior who secured Cory Booker’s one caucus night delegate in the state. The vivid memories I have from my first encounter with the political realm have never left me. Fourteen years old and a freshman in high school, I became all too familiar with the uncomfortable and…
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Domestic Violence Survivor To Ernst: Support Background Checks
Guest op-ed by Sarah Melhado, an Iowan and Survivor Fellow with Everytown for Gun Safety Survivor Network Close to 30 years have passed, but the day my husband held our daughter hostage while threatening me will always be seared in my memory. I arrived home from work that day to find my husband extremely intoxicated. He…
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Most Pressing Rural Health Problem Is Closing Hospitals
Guest op-ed from Patty Judge, chair of Focus on Rural America For more than a decade, Iowa’s overall population has been steady. With a very modest growth rate, our state population has hovered around 3.1 million people. If you live in Polk County this may surprise you, since the Des Moines metro area is experiencing one…
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Most Pressing Rural Health Problem Is Closing Hospitals
Guest op-ed from Patty Judge, chair of Focus on Rural America For more than a decade, Iowa’s overall population has been steady. With a very modest growth rate, our state population has hovered around 3.1 million people. If you live in Polk County this may surprise you, since the Des Moines metro area is experiencing one…
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Ras Smith On Black History Month And The Negro National Anthem
Text of Waterloo State Rep. Ras Smith’s speech on the Iowa House floor this Wednesday about Black History Month. As a child, I wondered why as black people we had the Negro National Anthem. “Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise, High…
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Ras Smith On Black History Month And The Negro National Anthem
Text of Waterloo State Rep. Ras Smith’s speech on the Iowa House floor this Wednesday about Black History Month. As a child, I wondered why as black people we had the Negro National Anthem. “Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise, High…
