President Trump met with law enforcement leaders twice last week, saw Jeff Sessions confirmed as top cop, and signed three tough-on-crime executive orders, which were then condemned by an organization composed of some of the nation’s top law enforcement officers. Here’s how Trump’s tough-on-crime week went down: Trump met with law enforcement brass from major […]
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Photos: Massive crowd turns up to support immigrants and refugees
The Iowa City downtown Ped Mall was packed community members Sunday. An estimated 2,000 people gathered at a Solidarity Rally Against the Ban to oppose President Donald Trump’s recent executive order banning immigration from seven countries, all of which are predominantly Muslim. Elected officials, members of the faith community, musicians and people who have been […]
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UI, Iowa City school district respond to immigration order
Both the University of Iowa and the Iowa City Community School District sent out statements addressing President Donald Trump’s recent executive order temporarily banning refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim-majority nations. The order has inspired protests and legal challenges across the country since it was signed on Friday last week. A message to international students […]
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En Español: America in a state of non-unique chaos
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text] By Alba Laragranero El dÃa de las elecciones de 2016, me encontré con un amigo español comprando vino en una tienda del centro. Él estaba asustado porque tenÃa la premonición de que Trump iba a ser el próximo presidente. Yo lo tranquilicé, en ningún momento me habÃa tomado en serio que eso […]
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Democracy in Crisis: Trump’s beachheads and the War on Facts
Democracy in Crisis is a new syndicated column designed to hold the Trump administration accountable. The column appears in a number of alternative weekly newspapers and websites around the country as well as a daily blog. For more information visit www.democracyincrisis.com. The teams of President Trump’s temporary appointees laying the groundwork for taking over and […]
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Protest planned today at Eastern Iowa Airport following recent executive order
A protest is planned starting at 4 p.m. today at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids against the recent executive order affecting refugees, immigrants and green card holders (although the administration seems to have walked back restrictions on green card holders in statements made today). This protest follows several others across the country held […]
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Iowa Voices: During inauguration, Iowans celebrate and protest in the streets of D.C.
Iowans from both ends of the political spectrum were among the hundreds of thousands that attended the inauguration festivities in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20. Some were Iowa natives and some were transplants, some celebrating and some protesting. Little Village sought them out and asked them three questions. These were their answers. (Responses have been edited […]
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Women’s Marches in Des Moines and around the globe unified diverse groups, not just ‘anti-Trump’
For women like Kate Casaletto and Erin Duncan, two North Liberty moms who helped found the activist group Action Iowa, there was little discomfort in touting sharply worded signs along with an estimated 26,000 other marchers in Des Moines Saturday. “Feminism is the radical notion that women are people,” read Casaletto’s sign on one side; […]
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Democracy in Crisis: Donald Trump’s inauguration and the darkness of noon
Democracy in Crisis is a new syndicated column designed to hold the Trump administration accountable. The column appears in a number of alternative weekly newspapers and websites around the country as well as a daily blog. For more information visit www.democracyincrisis.com. Dozens of police officers stand in lines blocking off the corner at 12th and […]
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Letter to the Editor: Hiring an Outsider-in-Chief
By Robert Davis We knew better than to vote for a president that is a celebrity “outsider” with no public service experience. I know we did. Do we ask a hair stylist to wire our garage because electricity is boring and needs a fresh new look? No. Do we ask a concrete guy to design […]
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Letter to the Editor: Trump’s distrustful reign
By Robert David The president-elect has trust issues. Big ones. (It is important to disclose I have trust issues too. I am convinced I know best. And it takes hard work to loosen those reins. That, or swallow a little prescription pill that fuzzes things up.) In our country, trust in institutions and in others […]
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Protesters make last stand as Electoral College votes
Roughly 40 people gathered under the dome of the Iowa Capitol Building in Des Moines on Monday to protest the election of Donald Trump and urge electors to “be brave,” as one sign read, and switch their votes away from Trump. Electors across the U.S. are gathering in state capitals today to cast votes for […]
