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Iowa State U. Holds ‘Social Justice Summit’

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 04, 2023 2 Comments

"this day-long workshop will give you the chance to learn more about yourself, engage in discussion with other students on various issues, and create strategies for implementing social change"...

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Iowa State University Bans TikTok After Governor Restricted App on ‘State-Owned Devices’

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 29, 2022 1 Comment

“[Students]trust us with their personal and confidential information and we will take every step possible to protect it, including from the Chinese government”...

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Republicans Pick Up Seats in Arizona, Iowa, and Michigan

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 09, 2022 33 Comments

Eli Crane and Juan Ciscomani flipped AZ seats, Zach Nunn flipped an IA seat, and John James won a redrawn Michigan district....

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Conservative Students at University of Iowa Complain of Repeated Harassment

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 18, 2022 7 Comments

"increasingly frustrated by the attacks and the lack of institutional support from campus leaders"...

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University of Iowa Course Allegedly Teaches Critical Race Theory Despite State Ban

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 30, 2022 2 Comments

"Identity and Social Issues: Critical Race Theory"...

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University of Iowa Launching Free Speech Program That Requires Training

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 12, 2022 4 Comments

"Participants will learn about policies and expectations related to free speech, how to identify if a situation needs to be reported"...

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University of Iowa to Pay Nearly $2 Million in Settlement With Christian Student Groups

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 08, 2021 2 Comments

"Both groups sued to stop the public Iowa university after school officials told them they had to allow homosexual student leaders."...

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Anti-Frat Protests at U. Iowa Cause $200,000 in Damage and Leave Some Students Homeless

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 17, 2021 1 Comment

"damaged windows, landscaping, a permanent gas grill, four doors and frames"...

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Iowa State University Prof Working to Advance ‘Fat Justice’

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 02, 2021 11 Comments

"we explore the philosophical bounds of fat activism and fat resistance"...

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Politifact Tries Riding to the Rescue After Chuck Grassley Notes Broad Support for Photo ID Election Laws

Posted by Stacey Matthews on October 07, 2021 23 Comments

After Grassley quoted polls showing broad support for the photo ID component of voter ID laws during a Wednesday Senate hearing, Politifact suggested the "polls overlook[ed] nuances in the debate."...

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Russian Ransomware Gang Hits Major Iowa Agriculture Cooperative

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 23, 2021 5 Comments

Perhaps if the cyberattack impacted the nation's ice cream supply, Biden would care?...

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University of Iowa Grad Students Protest School’s COVID Policies for Being Too Lax

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 21, 2021 12 Comments

“in almost a perpetual state of stress”...

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Iowa State U. Training Document Says Privileged People Include Christians, Whites, Men

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 08, 2021 6 Comments

“Our world has been ordered and structured on the basis of skin color and that oppressive ordering and structuring is RACISM”...

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Illegal Alien Convicted of Murdering Mollie Tibbetts Sentenced To The Next Best Thing: Life With No Parole

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on September 03, 2021 23 Comments

Judge Joel Yates: "You and you alone forever changed the lives of the friends and family of Mollie Tibbetts. and you and you alone will receive the following sentence” ...

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Education Department Investigating Five States Banning School Mask Mandates

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 30, 2021 24 Comments

Someone at the Education Department should actually read the laws because guess what. You can wear a mask if you want to wear a mask....

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Iowa State U. Students Call ‘Woke’ Orientation Materials Propaganda

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 20, 2021 2 Comments

“How degrading to tell me that I am an oppressor because I am White and a Christian"...

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In a Smart Move, Iowa Department of Public Health Classifies COVID-19 as ‘Endemic’

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 20, 2021 17 Comments

"What that means is it’s just expected to be there, kind of like the flu during flu season. I think people are hoping this will go away, but it’s not going to go away."...

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Iowa Senators Want to Gut California’s New Pork Law with One of Their Own

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 07, 2021 50 Comments

“I don’t know why anyone would want to live in a state where it’s almost impossible to buy bacon."...

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