Iowans help promote peace through agriculture with Xi dinner
Iowa citizen diplomacy drew Xi Jinping to a San Francisco dinner with 600 top business leaders on November 15. An elderly Muscatine woman, Sarah Lande, led the Iowa group, hosting Xi in 1985 and welcoming him in the U.S.-China High Level Agricultural Symposium in Des Moines in 2012, with former Gov. Terry Branstad also present.
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San Francisco
Xi Jinping
Elon Musk
Apple
Tim Cook
Muscatine
Sarah Lande
Hebei
Hawkeye State
Terry Branstad
Des Moines
Iowa colleges shutter DEI offices amid anti-DEI push
The piece reports Iowa Republicans and some university leaders moving to end or rename DEI offices at Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa, with the University of Iowa also restructuring. It notes Senate File 2435 bans DEI offices and outlines the critics and supporters, naming Rep. Taylor Collins and Attorney General Brenna Bird, and cites Mediapolis demographics.
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Iowa
Iowa State University
University of Northern Iowa
Board of Regents
DEI
Taylor Collins
Mediapolis
University of Iowa
Division of
Access, Opportunity and Diversity
Collins
Senate
Brenna
Bird
Hawkeyes
Drake
Iowa State
Pro-Palestine Campus Protests Seek Change Across U S Colleges
The piece argues university protests target endowment disclosure divestment and amnesty, urging schools to oppose Israel and pressure for a cease-fire. It critiques student idealism and faculty politics, referencing Saul Alinsky and a new playbook as protests expand nationwide.
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Saul Alinsky
Alinsky
Israel
Hamas
Gaza Strip
U.S
Joe Biden
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Jim Slosiarek
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Todd Dorman
Althea Cole
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