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Nikole Hannah-Jones Hosts Black Read-In When Schools Wouldn’t
(WIB) – Home to the school district with the largest percentage of Black children in Iowa, schoolchildren in the city of Waterloo, population 67,000, typically participated in an annual statewide ...
Iowa kids in foster care need more volunteers to help advocate for them | Opinion
An independent advocate seeking the best interest of a child in foster care can help to bring about solutions, writes Meghan ...
A comprehensive guide to pizza in the Des Moines metro, from Taste of New York to Eatery A
The Des Moines metro has a variety of pizzas, from savory deep dish and wood-fired crusts to tavern or New York-style pies.
Fearing federal DEI policies, Waterloo schools withdrew from African American reading event
The district withdrew from the event, citing federal directives that condemn diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI. ...
The Quad-City Times7d
Week in Iowa: National Weather Service layoffs, a pay raise for Gov. Reynolds and an Iowa State loss to BYU
Iowa State erased a 21-point deficit against BYU on Tuesday night, sending Hilton Coliseum into a frenzy. ISU had its chances ...
KETV Omaha14d
Iowa man headed to locked residential facility after sexual abuse of a child case
81 YEAR OLD SIDNEY, IOWA, RESIDENT RONALD BOYER CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS OF SEXUALLY ABUSING A CHILD, A 14 TO 15 YEAR OLD GIRL, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, AND IS RELATED BY BLOOD AT A HOME IN ...
CNN14d
Iowa gives final approval to a bill removing gender identity protections despite massive protests
Des Moines, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers became the first in the nation to approve legislation removing gender identity protections from the state’s ... the future of our children and our ...
Des Moines Register14d
Iowa lawmakers pass bill removing trans civil rights protections, sending it to governor
Over the protests of hundreds of Iowans chanting "no hate in our state," Iowa's Republican ... about Black people like me, that we couldn’t use bathrooms, locker rooms, access fair health ...
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Empowering children through stories: The 1st Black child book fair held in Cincinnati
The Black Child Book Fair, coming to Cincinnati for the first time in March, gives an opportunity for an author to share his story with more young people. Prince Frederik dies from rare genetic ...
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Iowa comic book author strives to spotlight Black identities in his work
DES MOINES, Iowa — Basi Affia is making a name for himself as Iowa's first Black comic book publisher. Affia, who is a Lincoln High School alum, only got into comic books five years ago during ...
Quad-City Times15d
Child care in Iowa could be tackled from two paths
An Iowa family earning the state’s median income with an infant in child care would devote 10 percent of their income before taxes on child care in a registered home or 15 percent of their ...
KCCI Des Moines16d
State of Cancer: Iowa is No. 2 in new cancer cases. Lawmakers, doctors, cancer survivors seek answers
DO YOU FEEL THAT THE STATE OF IOWA IS DOING ... I DON’T WANT MY CHILDREN OR MY GRANDCHILDREN TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS. EVEN IN HER DARKEST MOMENTS. I CALL HIM MY BLACK DAYS.