Electoral College must go, but what should take its place? Ranked choice voting
Soon, we’ll be seeing a lot of posts and articles about getting rid of the Electoral College....
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Category: Politics and Voting
Thrift Bandit is eastern Iowa’s socially responsible outlaw of recycled fashion
When they realized they were both wearing “polyester grandpa pants” and cardigan sweaters, Michael...
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Cedar Rapids models success of the ‘peaceful protest’
The protests in 1,700-plus American communities since George Floyd’s May 25 murder have...
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Des Moines’ history of systemic racism said to be built around housing restrictions
The city of Des Moines intentionally undertook policies in the 1930s and 1960s to limit housing...
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Iowa Freedom Riders: Beyond the spray paint and marching
Four nights of spray-painting and road-blocking throughout Iowa City, by a group now known as the...
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Iowa City protesters issue 15 demands
The protesters who have been standing off with the Iowa City Police Department and Iowa State...
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UIHC staff nurse: We can say ‘protest better,’ or we can be better
Eric Kusiak, staff nurse at UIHC Not what I expected when I came into work at the hospital...
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A look at two of Iowa’s health care heroes
Learn about Glenn Hurst, M.D., a rural doctor based in Minden, Ia., and the Free Medical and Dental Clinic in Iowa City.
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Iowa’s exclusive caucus system favors the privileged
I attended my first Iowa Caucus this year. Though I went through mixed emotions before, during,...
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Time again to gut-check your unacknowledged Trumpism
With the Democratic presidential contest heating up, along with Donald Trump’s rhetoric, now is an...
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