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2 months ago | 
riverraccoon.substack.com | Chris Jones |Nicole Baart |Rekha Basu |Laura Belin
Note: an unnamed colleague assisted with this piece. "We benefit by recognizing that, if we're going to change society, we cannot depend on the people in power." HistorianHoward Zinn, 1922-2010If you are one of the 600,000 Iowans that regularly drank water supplied by Des Moines Water Works in 2024, that water contained more than 3 mg/L nitrate-nitrogen on 202 of 366 days. More than 5 mg/L? 119 days. More than 8 mg/L? 32 days. More than 10 mg/L? 1 day.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
chrisgloninger.substack.com | Julie Gammack |Chris Gloninger |Nicole Baart |Rekha Basu
Weathering Climate Change is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. As we gather with friends and family this Thanksgiving, I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to each of you - both free and paid subscribers. Your interest in climate change, your willingness to stay informed, and your engagement with the work I share means more than I can say.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
artcullen.substack.com | Art Cullen |Nicole Baart |Rekha Basu |Laura Belin
It doth restoreth my soul that Kamala Harris posted a three-percentage-point lead over Donald Trump in The Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll on Saturday night. Iowa has not lost its good sense after all as the pendulum swings back from the hard right fast. Art Cullen’s Notebook is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
artcullen.substack.com | Art Cullen |Nicole Baart |Rekha Basu |Laura Belin
This newspaper always has published institutional editorials that reflect the views of the owners and editors. Many believe that editorials are an anachronism, that you don’t need to interpret the facts in this Disinformation Age. Obviously, we disagree. The editorial is an argument in the court of public opinion, supported by facts that point to a conclusion. We always have endorsed candidates and issues.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
okobojiwriters.substack.com | Julie Gammack |Nicole Baart |Rekha Basu |Laura Belin
Let’s meet State Auditor Rob Sand together. He’ll be our guest on our Monday Zoom podcast call starting at noon. The Zoom link is below. Rob Sand is the lone Democratic statewide officeholder in Iowa. The Republican-controlled Iowa legislature passed a bill that limited some of State Auditor Rob Sand’s powers to conduct certain types of audits.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
booktrib.com | Nicole Baart
The Bachelorette Party by Sandra Block Filled with shocking twists, strong female characters, and plenty of mystery to keep even the most seasoned reader trying to guess the ending, The Bachelorette Party delivers a thrill ride of a read. You’re invited to The Bachelorette Party, Sandra Block’s newest thrill-ride, where fact and fiction collide in a startling fashion, and nothing is quite as it seems.
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Aug 29, 2024 | 
holaiowa.substack.com | Christina Fernández-Morrow |Hola Iowa |Nicole Baart |Laura Belin
JEFAS Magazine is a collaboration of writers, photographers, social media managers, editors, translators, and designers from across Illinois, Iowa and the Midwest – all of whom are Latinx. It is the first magazine created by the Latinx community, for the Latinx community that focuses on how they are boosting the economy, giving back, and filling the gap between what is needed and what is available in the state.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
iowawriters.substack.com | Julie Gammack |John Naughton |Nicole Baart |Rekha Basu
NATIONAL POLITICS / STATE POLITICS / PUBLIC AFFAIRS / AROUND IOWA / IOWA STATE FAIR / WEATHER AND CLIMATE / SPORTS / DINING, FOOD, & ENTERTAINMENT / BOOKS AND ART / HUMOR / POETRYThe Iowa Writers’ Collaborative political analysts have uploaded the third episode of a new podcast, Iowa Down Ballot. It is moderated by Kathie Obradovich, of Iowa Capital Dispatch, and features:,,,,,The title of the podcast: None of your Damn Business. Is your voter registration current?
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Jul 13, 2024 | 
lstone.substack.com | Nicole Baart |Laura Belin |Tory Brecht
In the 50 years that we’ve lived in Clayton County – as well as a decade of visits to NE Iowa before that – we’ve witnessed and lamented the gradual loss of woodlands, diverse farms, fencerows, grass waterways, and clean water. Many fellow residents also have noticed and mourned those changes. Nostalgia? Sure. Progress?
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Jun 22, 2024 | 
arnoldgarson.substack.com | Arnold Garson |Nicole Baart |Daniel Finney |Beth Hoffman
The docks are under water and the boats are gone, back into storage. Boat hoists stand isolated and empty 30 feet or more from the shoreline. Okoboji is flooded. As of 1:45 p.m. Saturday, West Lake had risen almost 15 inches in 24 hours with most of the rain falling overnight. It was at 7.82 feet at the Lakeside Laboratory measuring point. That compares with a peak depth of 6.42 feet at the same point in the memorable flood of 1993, according to the U.S. Geological Service (USGS).
