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‘Parental rights’ advocates don’t really trust parents | Kathie Obradovich
The only ones getting protection are the powerful interest groups that the politicians can trust to get them reelected.
Asian in the ′80s: A glorious time of innocence, a time of great ignorance | Opinion
It was a bumpy road, but eventually I learned being different is what makes me special.
Citing Medicaid costs, GOP governors call for an end to pandemic public health emergency
'It is time we move on from the pandemic,” the governors’ Monday letter argued.
The U.S. Supreme Court could fall on this slippery slope of discrimination | Opinion
The court has the potential to drag our country back 75 years, before it was made clear there is no place for discrimination in the U.S.
These are the optics of American hate | Opinion
The road to hell isn’t paved anymore with good intentions. The asphalt is hatred.
We have to raise our expectations for election losers | Kathie Obradovich
That job is to accept the election results once the votes are counted, encourage their supporters to do the same, and then step aside.
Federal government has given $800M to keep indebted farmers afloat
Pennsylvania's farm loan obligations totaled $69.4M, according to federal data.
Iowa fast-food worker’s wage lawsuit survives in U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has handed a small, but potentially significant, victory to a fast-food worker from Iowa and, perhaps. beyond.
When will our ‘pro-life’ leaders do something about gun deaths? | Opinion
By Randy Evans Aaron Salter Jr., 55, was on duty at the security job that supplemented his retirement income. Ruth Whitfield, 86, was buying groceries. Celestine Chaney, 65, stopped in for strawberries for the shortcake she and her sister were eager to enjoy. But their plans went awry Saturday afternoon. Salter’s work shift ended sooner than he […]
Misinformation is deadly. What are we going to do about it? | Kathie Obradovich
All of us have some responsibility for this serious threat to society. And all of us need to do something about it.
This is exactly what white privilege looks like | Opinion
A police officer chided white journalist for not carrying his weapon. A Black lawmaker was arrested for carrying his.
Elderly Iowans being harmed by their state insurance regulators, Pa. officials tell federal judge
By Clark Kauffman Elderly Iowans are being harmed by their state insurance commissioner in a fight over long-term care insurance, Pennsylvania officials told a federal judge this week. In March, Iowa Insurance Commissioner Douglas M. Ommen filed a petition in Polk County District Court seeking to intervene in the state of Pennsylvania’s efforts to address […]