By Mike Draper, founder and owner, RAYGUNshirts Seeing an arts-culture-and-news alternative magazine in Des Moines has been on my mind for years. I think the kind of connection these publications gave the community hasn’t been replicated by the internet. So this might be the perfect era to see if a print publication would work. Coming […]
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Letter to the editor: A year of climate change and records broken
By Jerry Schnoor, Iowa City Extreme climate events led the news in 2021. Among the rarest events, an unprecedented heat wave in the Northwest that busted all records. Portland was scorched by an average high temperature of 112 degrees F from June 26-28, when normal high temperatures are in the seventies. Seattle, Washington set an […]
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Letter from Joe Bolkcom: Are rural Iowa communities better off today than they were five years ago?
By Joe Bolkcom, Iowa Senator, Iowa City Iowa Republicans’ tax and economic policies have hollowed out Iowa’s small communities and rural landscape. Their big business approach to every problem have resulted in everything getting bigger: worker shortages, farms, packing plants, chemical and fertilizer companies, tractors, consolidated schools, convenience store chains, food and childcare deserts, CAFOs, […]
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Letter to the editor: Securely store your guns, Iowa City
By Lo Whittington, Iowa City Less than 48 hours after a presentation to the school board of the Iowa City Community School District from concerned citizens on the subject of preventing gun violence in our schools, parents received a notice from the ICCSD of a nationwide gun violence threat to schools promoted on social media […]
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Letter to the editor: White nationalists’ war on woke
By Mary Gravitt, Iowa City White nationalists are waging a war on woke, accusing crowds of African-Americans of using woke as a code word against White privilege, which nationalists declare is a communist/socialist plot. Woke is Black slang which originated from two sources: Spike Lee and the Bible. Blacks have always been castigated for speaking […]
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Letter to the editor: Miller-Meeks running for reelection is bad news for Iowa
By Don Paulson, Letts I see that Republican Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks has decided to run for re-election in the new Iowa 1st District. That’s bad news for the people living there, for she has a terrible voting record. Recently she voted against the infrastructure bill, HR3684, calling it “socialist.” Iowa has the most deficient bridges […]
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The Takeaway: Deluxe welcomed me to the neighborhood with luxurious sweet and savory snacks
It’s a truth (nearly) universally acknowledged that buying a house you love is the cornerstone of the American dream. Often left out of that narrative is the fact that packing and moving all your belongings can be a nightmare. Rather than move all in one cortisol-drenched go, my boyfriend and I decided to spread our […]
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Letter from Joe Bolkcom: I will not seek reelection to Iowa Senate
By State Sen. Joe Bolkcom, Iowa City I will not seek re-election to the Iowa Senate in 2022. I am deeply grateful for the trust, guidance and strong support I have received from the people of Iowa City and Johnson County. It’s been a privilege to work every day to make life better for everyday […]
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Letter to the editor: Voter suppression can already be felt in Iowa City
By Ellen Ballas, Iowa City Voter suppression was obvious in Iowa City during early voting for the recent local election. Poll workers told me they weren’t permitted to use the printer that produces a label with information which allows us to vote. Instead, voters were asked to hand write answers on a preprinted form attached […]
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‘Cowboy Justice’: A first-hand account of the deadly 1991 UI campus shooting, 30 years later
It’s Nov. 1, 1991, an ordinary Friday afternoon, the day after Halloween. I’m sitting alone in a big office on the fifth floor of Van Allen Hall, where the Physics Department at the University of Iowa is housed, when I hear a loud noise on a floor below: Pop pop pop. That sounds like gunshots, […]
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Letters to the editor: Vote Megan Alter for Iowa City Council
By V Fixmer-Oraiz, Iowa City As the 2021 Iowa City Council election draws closer, I look forward to casting my vote for Megan Alter. I served with her on the Housing and Community Development Commission for two years and have witnessed firsthand her passion and commitment to social and racial equity. She is not afraid […]
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Letter to the editor: COGS stands in solidarity with Deere strikers
To the members of all UAW Locals on strike against John Deere and Company, We, the members of UE Local 896 / COGS, graduate workers at the University of Iowa, are in solidarity with your brave and necessary strike actions. While John Deere brought in record profits this year, they have offered you inadequate wage […]
