By Anthony Arroyo, Des Moines ICE is a continuation of America’s oldest tradition: state-sanctioned violence against people of color, especially Latinos. It grows out of a history that has always […]
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Letter to the editor: Minnesotans are showing us how to defend freedom
By Patricia Bowen, Iowa City Minnesotans across races and origins, faiths and genders, are demonstrating that the brave of us stand with and for each other. And the cowardly MAGA regime […]
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Letter from Joe Bolkcom: It’s time to clean the statehouse
Iowa Republicans can’t be trusted to manage your money anymore. Their reckless revenue and spending decisions have made a shambles of the state finances. They have created a huge $1.2 […]
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Thoughts on a terror campaign from an Iowan living in Minneapolis
I am no journalist, no reporter, and also not inclined to repackage the uncomplicated and readily evident facts of the last few weeks from my home here in Minneapolis, pretending […]
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Letter to the editor: The United States is not Denmark. The CDC’s new vaccine schedule is dangerous
By Jennifer Sotelo, Atalissa If you are bone weary with a throat on fire, aching muscles and chills that make your teeth chatter… it could be because you have the […]
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Letter to the editor: Bulgarians are taking to the streets to fight corruption. Americans should, too.
By Laurel Zmolek-Smith, Iowa native in Sofia, Bulgaria I am an Iowan living and working in Sofia, Bulgaria. In recent weeks, Bulgarians have taken part in mass, peaceful protests calling […]
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Letter to the editor: It is the duty of Congress to impeach Trump
By Patricia Bowen, Iowa City For generations, Americans of all races, places, and origins have marched, rallied, and fought to make ours a government of the people, by the people, […]
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Letter to the editor: Rising premiums? Don’t blame the ACA
By Linda Schreiber, Iowa City When health insurance premiums rise, critics reflexively blame the Affordable Care Act. It’s a convenient narrative — but a false one. Yes, ACA plans cost […]
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Letter to the editor: Downtown Iowa City’s 500-foot rule for bars matters
By Karen Kubby, Iowa City Fifteen years ago, there were public health initiatives that launched the current era of downtown Iowa City. Downtown had an overabundance of bars. Our city […]
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Letter to the editor: Let’s tip 50% this December
By Genevieve Trainor, Iowa City Like the rest of the Iowa City community, I’ve known since April that very public foreclosure proceedings made the fate of the businesses in the […]
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Letter to the editor: Can’t Grassley and Durbin just sit down for coffee already?
By Ed Flaherty, Iowa City Dear Senators Grassley and Durbin: You both agree that the shutdown is harmful and unnecessary. You have worked with each other before. I suggest you two respected […]
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Letter to the editor: Amy Hospodarsky, Newman Abuissa and Clara Reynen will bring positive change to the Iowa City Council
By Tom Carsner, Iowa City Amy Hospodarsky, Newman Abuissa, and Clara Reynen will bring fresh, positive, and creative proposals to the Iowa City Council that will move Iowa City forward […]
