Iowa prison visits to resume with changes next month
The Gazette notes Iowa prisons will allow in person visits starting in early July with reduced capacity and distancing rules and vaccination requirements. Free video calls will expand and a new scheduling system will give visitors more visit details.
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Community letter urges support for local police and sheriffs
A Cedar Rapids Waterloo area appeal calls residents to honor and pray for peace officers. It recommends inviting the police chief and sheriff to church, and delivering personal notes of encouragement to officers in public.
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Black America's progress challenges racist narratives
Star Parker argues against a view of Black America as uniformly oppressed. She cites Census 2019 data showing rising real median incomes for Black households, higher shares in high income brackets, growing Black net worth, and education gains, while noting persistent poverty linked to family structure rather than race.
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Iowa signs law limiting diversity training in schools
Governor Kim Reynolds signed House File 802 restricting how schools and government entities handle diversity training and discussions of race and racism, targeting what she labels as divisive concepts including critical race theory. Critics warn the move suppresses education and reflects partisan culture war tactics.
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