Find links to the big news ending 2023, including Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of Ohio’s transgender youth health care ban, a federal judge’s halt to Iowa’s book ban, the green light for a historic lawsuit against the NRA in New York, and a study of HIV testing in America’s emergency rooms.
Julie Meyerson Ross is making a difference through “craftivism” focused on coded snowflakes, and tough questions to conservatives.
Explore briefs today, and links to learn more, about Alice Walker’s reaction to the new adaptation of “The Color Purple,” a new Illinois law to stifle book bans, how fentanyl is driving record drug overdoses, a pivotal court ruling over transgender health are in Alabama, and the “Lost Cause” movement’s connection to Nikki Haley’s evasive comments about the Civil War and slavery.
First-ever conference for Black Iowa farmers: Iowa only has about 72 Black farmers, reports Iowa Farmer Today. The new Iowa Black Farmers Conference hopes to increase those numbers, and held its first-ever conference two weeks ago. Read about the unique challenges...
Des Moines resident ensures "banned" books are accessible: Sara Hayden Parris has handed out 5,000 copies of books that Iowa public school districts have removed from their shelves, to satisfy newly restrictive state laws reports the Des Moines Register, which named...
