By Susan Mims, Iowa City In November 2009 I was elected to the Iowa City Council. I’ll step down in December having worked with a variety of colleagues over those 12 years, and having a good perspective on what works. Through the majority of those years, the city has had councilors with a diverse set […]
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Letter to the editor: A call for submissions from the Scrap the MRAP project
By Martha Hampel, co-organizer, ScrapTheMRAP.org “Scrap the MRAP”, a joint project of Iowa Civil Liberties Council and ICPD Watch, is calling for pro-peace, anti-war, anti-militarization-of-police art submissions from local artists, to be exhibited at the Iowa City Public Library on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021 from 1 to 4 p.m. Original artwork in all styles, media […]
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Three letters to the editor in support of Iowa City school board candidates
Local elections take place Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. By Michael Tilley, Iowa City With four years of prior experience as a board member, Ruthina Malone is an exemplar of what a school board member should be. I was proud to have supported Ruthina when she ran for school board in 2017, and she lived up […]
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Cocktails for the whole family! Inside Unimpaired, downtown Iowa City’s new dry bar
Wednesday night, my daughter and I headed out to a soft opening of Unimpaired, the newest and perhaps most unique bar in town. You read that right: my 11-year-old gladly came along with me for a “fancy ladies night” to Iowa City’s only dry bar. I’ve been stalking the Unimpaired – Iowa City Facebook page […]
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Letter to the editor: The terminal corruption of the Iowa GOP
By Kent Williams, Iowa City On Oct. 9, 2021, former President Trump came to the Iowa State Fairgrounds for a rally. He took the opportunity to publicly endorse Senator Charles Grassley. Grassley responded not by praising Trump, but saying “…if I didn’t accept the endorsement of a person that’s got 91 percent of Republican voters […]
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Letter to the editor: A response to Little Village’s ‘War on Meat’ issue
By Zoë Woodworth, Coralville Firstly, my overall response to the “War on Meat” issue. When I first saw the cover of this issue, I thought, “Cool!” I assumed the issue would contain some discussion of the environmental, ethical and economical merits of plant-based diets and how adopting a plant-based diet is one of the most […]
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Letter to the editor: Vengeance isn’t healing
By Amel Ali, Vice Chair of the Iowa City Truth & Reconciliation Commission The women who started the “Abolish FIJI” movement at the University of Iowa really had a lot going for them. They received thousands of signatures on a change.org campaign, almost 2,000 followers on the Abolish FIJI page and so many people were […]
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Letter to the editor: There is one simple first step to creating a carbon-neutral world
By Peter Rolnick, Iowa City; State Coordinator for Citizens’ Climate Lobby We understand the challenges we face with the changing climate. We understand that we have to act quickly to make sure the world of our children and grandchildren is livable (business as usual, promising as it is on many fronts, will not be fast […]
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Op-ed: Tiffany O’Donnell has surface style and troubling substance
By Chad Cooper, Cedar Rapids When Tiffany O’Donnell announced her candidacy for mayor of Cedar Rapids in late March, one couldn’t escape the notion that her campaign was being built on that bedrock of political popularity: name recognition. Press releases and media reports overflowed with mentions of O’Donnell’s years as a news anchor and highlighted […]
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Letter to the editor: Miller-Meeks and her GOP colleagues are playing with fire
By Ellen Ballas, Iowa City Mariannette Miller-Meeks told a crowd in Iowa City at her Saturday fundraiser, “We’re at a precipice in our country … are we going to go in the pathway of Venezuela or are we going to continue to be the greatest nation on Earth?” If anyone is putting the U.S. in […]
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From the archive: An eye for an eye as the blind lead the blind (Sept. 14, 2001)
Originally published in Little Village issue 6, October 2001. “If you’re not going to quote Jesus about turning the other cheek or about loving your enemies, then you have no business quoting the Bible at all. So shut up.” -Kirk Anderson Sept. 14, 2001 Minneapolis The events of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 are likely to […]
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Letter to the editor: We must do more than remember
By Ed Flaherty, President, Veterans For Peace Chapter #161 Ten years ago, on September 11, 2011, I was invited to speak at a large community gathering at Iowa City City Park commemorating 10 years since the events of 9/11. Now, at the end of the war engendered by 9/11, we have the obligation to be […]
