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I have been helping my grandson with his schoolwork for about four hours and I am about to throw the iPad through the window. This is the beginning of the school year and I have no idea how we are going to do this. While taking a break from class, I realized that I am…

I have been helping my grandson with his schoolwork for about four hours and I am about to throw the iPad through the window. This is the beginning of the school year and I have no idea how we are going to do this. While taking a break from class, I realized that I am…

I have been helping my grandson with his schoolwork for about four hours and I am about to throw the iPad through the window. This is the beginning of the school year and I have no idea how we are going to do this. While taking a break from class, I realized that I am…

Parents are their children’s first fans and cheerleaders. They are the first to encourage and support whatever interest or sports they may want to pursue from the very first moment. Maria Coronado is no exception, and she has cheered her son, Joe Colon, since he first joined wrestling. I met Maria Coronado a few years…

Dot Bol, 38, tested positive for COVID-19 on April 28. Her 11-year-old daughter fell ill with the virus a few days later. Dot is a mother of three and a refugee from South Sudan. Being infected and feeling sick was scary, but seeing her daughter’s illness was devastating.  “When James found out that I was…

Dot Bol, 38, tested positive for COVID-19 on April 28. Her 11-year-old daughter fell ill with the virus a few days later. Dot is a mother of three and a refugee from South Sudan. Being infected and feeling sick was scary, but seeing her daughter’s illness was devastating.  “When James found out that I was…

Dot Bol, 38, tested positive for COVID-19 on April 28. Her 11-year-old daughter fell ill with the virus a few days later. Dot is a mother of three and a refugee from South Sudan. Being infected and feeling sick was scary, but seeing her daughter’s illness was devastating.  “When James found out that I was…

All journeys are different, but when for some reason you are forced to leave your country, then grow up in yet another country and finally find success there, your story becomes one of survival and resiliency. Life has not been easy for Thakur Neupane, 30, yet when you meet him, his smile and personality can…

Signs of solidarity for the Black Lives Matter movement and other underrepresented communities have popped up in yards all over the country. The signs have come about as a show of public support from those who either live, understand or empathize with the BLM struggle. One of the popular signs reads: “Black Lives Matter. No…

The derecho hit Iowa hard and fast. From downed trees damaging houses and losing power for hours, even days, Iowans are slowly recovering from yet another crisis. Unfortunately, as it often happens, the storm hit already vulnerable communities the hardest. As with most natural disasters, nobody has control over the devastation, but our elected officials…