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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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Anti-LGBTQ Bills Hurt Iowa’s Values And Economy
Guest op-ed from J.D. Scholten and Courtney Reyes, Executive Director of One Iowa. Being yourself shouldn’t put a target on your back. It shouldn’t cut your life expectancy. It shouldn’t limit your ability to get a good education, buy a home, adopt a child, or keep your job. Yet, the rights of those in the…
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Iowa Teens Shouldn’t Live In Fear Of Conversion Therapy Programs
Guest op-ed by River Wise, president of the Lincoln High School Gender Sexuality Alliance in Des Moines Being a teenager is terrifying — we’re constantly stressed about the homework assignment we put off until the last minute, have 9 million activities to fit into our schedule and are always worrying about whether or not the…
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Iowa Teens Shouldn’t Live In Fear Of Conversion Therapy Programs
Guest op-ed by River Wise, president of the Lincoln High School Gender Sexuality Alliance in Des Moines Being a teenager is terrifying — we’re constantly stressed about the homework assignment we put off until the last minute, have 9 million activities to fit into our schedule and are always worrying about whether or not the…
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One Chair’s Experience: Reflections On The 2020 Iowa Caucuses
Guest op-ed by Mike Jacobsen, a higher education professional from Williamsburg, Iowa Feb. 3, 2020, the day after the Super Bowl (and my birthday), was going to be a day to remember. Iowa was to kick off the “official” beginning to the 2020 election season, and I was honored to be asked to serve as…
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J.D. Scholten: What’s On My Mind Heading Into The Iowa Caucuses
All eyes are on Iowa. For many, this night has taken months and months (if not years) of planning and preparation, fueling debates about electability, cross-over appeal, experience, fresh faces, and historic candidacies. And in the build up to Monday night’s caucuses, the questions that keep popping up from my family, Iowans, and the media…
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J.D. Scholten: What’s On My Mind Heading Into The Iowa Caucuses
All eyes are on Iowa. For many, this night has taken months and months (if not years) of planning and preparation, fueling debates about electability, cross-over appeal, experience, fresh faces, and historic candidacies. And in the build up to Monday night’s caucuses, the questions that keep popping up from my family, Iowans, and the media…
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Waterloo Mayor Hart: Buttigieg Will Bridge Our Divides & Empower Communities
Guest op-ed from Mayor Quentin Hart of Waterloo, Iowa. Last July, I walked along the Fourth Street Bridge overlooking the Cedar River, alongside South Bend Mayor Buttigieg. It was the same place I came the night of December 1, 2015, when I learned the people of Waterloo had elected me the first Black mayor of…
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Instead Of ‘Safe’ Nominee To Beat Trump, Replace Reaganism With New Era
Guest op-ed from Randall A. Renstrom, a political and social psychologist, and associate professor at Central College in Pella If Donald Trump is the Republican Party’s Jimmy Carter, as many political scientists and commentators have suggested, then now is the time for Democrats to seriously think about who can be their party’s Ronald Reagan. In other…
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Iowa Legislators For Klobuchar: Public School ‘Champion’ Who Can ‘Win Big’
Guest op-ed from state Reps. Sharon Steckman, Bruce Bearinger, Cindy Winckler, Ruth Ann Gaines, Molly Donahue and former state Rep. Linda Nelson. We need a president who understands that education is one of the very best investments in the future we can make. We need a president who believes in public schools, who supports educators…
