Community aid and relief boost Cedar Rapids recovery
The Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce reports 186 small businesses received the Job and Small Business Recovery Fund grants, 80 percent of them nonmembers and 130 outside downtown. A larger Congress Bush disaster package funds flood recovery and a new Cedar Rapids federal courthouse project, aiding downtown revitalization. An anti gay graffiti incident at the University of Iowa School of Social Work prompted Beth Skinner to authorize naming a professor in a safety alert to help investigators.
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Campus grapples with hate crime claim and harassment training
A doctoral student and teaching assistant faced anti gay graffiti reported by associate professor Ed Saunders to campus police last week. Faculty and students will undergo enhanced harassment recognition and prevention training as a core social work value.
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Letter endorsing Barack Obama for president and VP choice
The writer praises Barack Obama as a principled leader with diverse experience from Columbia Harvard Law School to the University of Chicago. They highlight his ethics reform, civil rights work, foreign relations roles, and readiness to lead without partisanship.
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GOP Won't Outlaw Abortion Says Letter Writer
A letter argues Republicans, led by McCain and Palin, aim to keep abortion legal to mobilize pro life voters. It cites Bush era inaction and notes party priorities like Halliburton and tax breaks. The writer also references immigration concerns and politics in Iowa and California.
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Yesterday’s results Iowa bowl game question
Iowa fans weigh whether the team can secure a bowl bid this season. The poster asks followers to vote Yes or No on the whether Iowa qualifies for a postseason.
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Immigration Debates Across States From a Californian Perspective
A former Grinnell College student now living in Montana argues immigration shapes Iowa and California alike. The piece cites Armondo Villareal and Latino rights discourse while reflecting on dramatic Mexican immigration effects seen in California. A July 29 2006 Los Angeles Times article is referenced.
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Barris and Biden Gun Rights Debate Allegations
The text alleges Barack Obama supports broad gun bans including handguns and semiautomatics with Joe Biden claiming banning guns is timely. It claims McCain opposes gun groups, backed Clinton nominees seen as anti gun, and appeared in anti gun ads.
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Gun policy debate dominates mail voting poll
Readers weigh blame in a financial crisis and gun issue poll. The item notes a 13.6 percent support and 86.4 percent opposition in a 396 vote turnout. It mentions Gun Owners of America and the NRA journal criticizing a candidate and promotes Bob Barr as Second Amendment ally. Benjamin Cashner Monticello.
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Truth-squadding and the politics of falsehoods
Edward Wasserman argues fact checking wars may backfire as corrections rally more misperception. He cites PolitiFact The Fact Checker and other efforts, noting backfire effects and the risk journalists become weaponized by campaign lies while neglecting substantive issues.
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