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5 days ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Rekha Basu
If you’re concerned for the plight of Iowa’s Afghan refugees who face this untenable ultimatum, please call Iowa’s U.S. senators. Rekha BasuGuest columnistRekha Basu is a longtime syndicated columnist, editorial writer, reporter and author of the book, “Finding Your Voice.” She retired in 2022 as a Des Moines Register columnist. Her column, “Rekha Shouts and Whispers,” is available at basurekha.substack.com, where this piece first appeared.
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3 weeks ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Rekha Basu
In her eight years in office so far, I don’t think she could have gone further in the opposite direction from what my welcome column asked of her. Rekha BasuGuest columnistRekha Basu is a longtime syndicated columnist, editorial writer, reporter and author of the book, “Finding Your Voice.” She retired in 2022 as a Des Moines Register columnist.
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2 months ago |
desmoinesregister.com | Rekha Basu
Rekha Basu is a longtime syndicated columnist, editorial writer, reporter and author of the book, “Finding Your Voice.” She retired in 2022 as a Des Moines Register columnist. IOWA CITY — Inside Iowa City’s Englert Theatre, the mood was electric Saturday morning in advance of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ noon talk. Some showed up at 7:30 a.m. Several thousand lined six to eight blocks in freezing temperatures, prompting organizers to open up a second venue.
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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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Jan 23, 2025 |
desmoinesregister.com | Rekha Basu
Rekha Basu is a longtime syndicated columnist, editorial writer, reporter and author of the book, “Finding Your Voice.”If the people who voted for Donald Trump to improve their economic prospects wondered what his top priorities would be, those were made crystal clear on day one of his presidency.
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