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Plus: Events and reader letters Share with a friend Amie here. It’s August and National Black Business Month, a great reminder to spend some money supporting Black entrepreneurs in your community. (If you’re in Waterloo, I’ll shamelessly plug my favorite burger joint, Big Head Burger!) Also check out the inaugural Iowa African Film Festival in…

Plus: Protests and reader soundoff Share with a friend Amie here. This week is National Week of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives. You can also help the family of an Iowa City man from Bolivia who is about to be deported to a war-torn country he knows nothing about.   In this…

Did the letters get even angrier this week? 👀 Share with a friend Amie here. Summer is officially solsticed!   Have any fun summer plans? Reply and tell me, I need some happy in my inbox (scroll to see why).   In this issue: Events and protests, this week’s viral post, and our new subscribers…

Plus: Protests and reader soundoff Share with a friend Amie here. I’m currently on “vacation” (watching my nephew) by the time you get this, so feel free to email me, but know I won’t respond till next week!   In this issue: Events and protests, this week’s viral post, and reader soundoff. Amie Rivers Newsletter…

Plus: Protests and reader soundoff Share with a friend Amie here. It’s 86 degrees? I’d like to 86 that in May. (It means “get rid of,” not “assassinate,” btw.)   In this issue: Events and protests, this week’s viral post, and reader soundoff. Amie Rivers Newsletter Editor, Iowa Starting Line Email me   Featured protests…