Honoring Iowa’s Migrant And Farm Workers
This year has been a year of learning, of reflection, of putting things in perspective for many of us. Most of us learned about the importance of slowing down a... Read more.
Amara Andrews Runs To Lead A More Inclusive Cedar Rapids
It has been my position that as a U.S. citizen with the right and responsibility to vote, I will vote my conscious. As a person of color, I have always believed... Read more.
Iowa’s Asian Americans Ask For Unity In Fighting Hate
A year ago, as the pandemic started, we all watched how another story began to unfold; the former president kept referring to the coronavirus as the “kung flu... Read more.
In Banning Training Discomfort, Iowa Goes Backward On Racial Progress
The Biden Administration and the new Democratic Congress has begun the arduous task of dismantling numerous policies and executive orders that proved damaging t... Read more.
Stop Social Media Shaming Those Eligible For Vaccines Now
When Iowa state officials announced this month that the vaccination criteria would expand to individuals under age 65 with obesity, severe obesity (BMI 30) and ... Read more.
How Iowans Of Color Have Dealt With COVID’s Mental Health Strain
The months of February and March this year mark a grim reminder of how the coronavirus pandemic began to change our lives forever one year ago. We are beginning... Read more.