melissa feilmeier-marzen
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On this day in 1830, North Carolina passed laws that criminalized teaching enslaved Black people to read and that made the repeated dissemination of anti-slavery pamphlets punishable by death.
Nov. 15, 1830 | NC Mandates Death Sentence for Dissemination of Anti-Slavery Pamphlet
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 1830, North Carolina passed laws that criminalized teaching enslaved Black people to read and that made the repeated dissemination of anti-slavery pamphlets punishable by death.
My guest column in the CR Gazette. CRCSD needs to invest in the educators committed to the district and elevate the incredible talent within the walls of their own school buildings-educators who are deeply committed to their students and community. tinyurl.com/2ae9k2yv
CRCSD needs to trust, elevate its own educators
GUEST COLUMNMELISSA FEILMEIER-MARZENIleft the Cedar Rapids Community
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November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
My guest column in the CR Gazette. CRCSD needs to invest in the educators committed to the district and elevate the incredible talent within the walls of their own school buildings-educators who are deeply committed to their students and community. tinyurl.com/2ae9k2yv
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I just issued an executive order to develop a veteran food pantry network to provide food support for veterans, service members, and their families.
Regardless of what happens at the federal level, Minnesota remains committed to providing for those who protect our freedom.
Regardless of what happens at the federal level, Minnesota remains committed to providing for those who protect our freedom.
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I just issued an executive order to develop a veteran food pantry network to provide food support for veterans, service members, and their families.
Regardless of what happens at the federal level, Minnesota remains committed to providing for those who protect our freedom.
Regardless of what happens at the federal level, Minnesota remains committed to providing for those who protect our freedom.
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“I thought I was dying.” Abigail Zwerner, the former first-grade teacher in Virginia who was shot by a 6-year-old student who brought his mother’s gun to class in January 2023 was awarded $10 million in damages on Thursday. nyti.ms/4hMIU55
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“I thought I was dying.” Abigail Zwerner, the former first-grade teacher in Virginia who was shot by a 6-year-old student who brought his mother’s gun to class in January 2023 was awarded $10 million in damages on Thursday. nyti.ms/4hMIU55
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BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
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Amid national economic insecurity, Minnesota just ranked as a top three state in the nation for job seekers.
That includes nation-leading job benefits, worker protections, and a diverse economy.
If you need a job, we want you here.
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-bu...
That includes nation-leading job benefits, worker protections, and a diverse economy.
If you need a job, we want you here.
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-bu...
bringmethenews.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Amid national economic insecurity, Minnesota just ranked as a top three state in the nation for job seekers.
That includes nation-leading job benefits, worker protections, and a diverse economy.
If you need a job, we want you here.
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-bu...
That includes nation-leading job benefits, worker protections, and a diverse economy.
If you need a job, we want you here.
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-bu...
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October 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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On this day in 1619, traffickers brought the first enslaved Africans to a Virginia colony on the James River. They sold some enslaved people for food and sold others to white enslavers in Jamestown.
Aug. 20, 1619 | Traffickers Bring First Enslaved Africans to Jamestown, Virginia
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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August 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On this day in 1619, traffickers brought the first enslaved Africans to a Virginia colony on the James River. They sold some enslaved people for food and sold others to white enslavers in Jamestown.
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“This is the most complex forensic DNA identification effort in history, and it stems from the largest mass murder in U.S. history.”
More than two decades after 9/11, the New York medical examiner's office is still working to identify remains of victims.
More than two decades after 9/11, the New York medical examiner's office is still working to identify remains of victims.
Remains of 3 Victims of 9/11 Are Identified From Minuscule Evidence
New York’s medical examiner is working methodically through a backlog of bones. “We’re talking about people putting in overtime 24 years later, for us,” said the son of one victim.
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August 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“This is the most complex forensic DNA identification effort in history, and it stems from the largest mass murder in U.S. history.”
More than two decades after 9/11, the New York medical examiner's office is still working to identify remains of victims.
More than two decades after 9/11, the New York medical examiner's office is still working to identify remains of victims.
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An aid worker in northern Gaza tells NPR that people are starving, water is scarce and basic supplies are out of reach. He warns thousands could die in the coming days if nothing changes.
Roles reversed: A veteran Gaza aid worker pleads for survival
An aid worker in northern Gaza tells NPR that people are starving, water is scarce and basic supplies are out of reach. He warns thousands could die in the coming days if nothing changes.
n.pr
July 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
An aid worker in northern Gaza tells NPR that people are starving, water is scarce and basic supplies are out of reach. He warns thousands could die in the coming days if nothing changes.
Perfectly written. “The status quo demands that we poison the river. The loyal opposition would poison it more softly. We can hope that the quest for moderation does not mean just more of the same, as our aquifers drop and our rivers reek.”
July 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Perfectly written. “The status quo demands that we poison the river. The loyal opposition would poison it more softly. We can hope that the quest for moderation does not mean just more of the same, as our aquifers drop and our rivers reek.”
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So true. Powerful piece of art by @laloalcaraz.bsky.social.
July 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
So true. Powerful piece of art by @laloalcaraz.bsky.social.
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30 years on, I honour the Bosniak boys and men who were victims of the Srebrenica genocide.
I also honour the mothers who carry the weight of that loss for decades.
We must remember and preserve the truth, so that future generations know exactly what happened in Srebrenica.
→ europa.eu/!yJYgpw
I also honour the mothers who carry the weight of that loss for decades.
We must remember and preserve the truth, so that future generations know exactly what happened in Srebrenica.
→ europa.eu/!yJYgpw
July 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
30 years on, I honour the Bosniak boys and men who were victims of the Srebrenica genocide.
I also honour the mothers who carry the weight of that loss for decades.
We must remember and preserve the truth, so that future generations know exactly what happened in Srebrenica.
→ europa.eu/!yJYgpw
I also honour the mothers who carry the weight of that loss for decades.
We must remember and preserve the truth, so that future generations know exactly what happened in Srebrenica.
→ europa.eu/!yJYgpw
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"It doesn’t matter if you live in a state where abortion is protected. Nearly 200 Planned Parenthood clinics and all of the invaluable services these facilities provide could soon be lost."
Read the full op-ed here: www.teenvogue.com/story/trumps...
Read the full op-ed here: www.teenvogue.com/story/trumps...
Congress Traded Your Pap Smear for a Billionaire’s Tax Break
Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill," argues Kierra Jones, is part of "conservatives’ political crusade to ban abortion and gender-affirming care, and to deprive Americans of their reproductive and bodily aut...
www.teenvogue.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"It doesn’t matter if you live in a state where abortion is protected. Nearly 200 Planned Parenthood clinics and all of the invaluable services these facilities provide could soon be lost."
Read the full op-ed here: www.teenvogue.com/story/trumps...
Read the full op-ed here: www.teenvogue.com/story/trumps...
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The U.N. human rights office says it has recorded 613 Palestinians killed within the span of a month in Gaza while trying to obtain aid.
Dozens of Palestinians in Gaza killed by airstrikes or shootings while waiting for aid
Israeli airstrikes killed 15 Palestinians in Gaza early Friday, while a hospital said another 20 people died in shootings while seeking aid.
trib.al
July 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The U.N. human rights office says it has recorded 613 Palestinians killed within the span of a month in Gaza while trying to obtain aid.
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The number of people in ICE detention without criminal convictions nearly doubled in the last month — a significant increase compared to detainees who have been convicted of crimes.
Immigrants with no criminal convictions represent sharpest growth in ICE detention population
The number of people in ICE detention without criminal convictions nearly doubled in the last month — a significant increase compared to detainees who have been convicted of crimes.
n.pr
July 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The number of people in ICE detention without criminal convictions nearly doubled in the last month — a significant increase compared to detainees who have been convicted of crimes.
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This year it feels more like the Farce of July.
Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July
July 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This year it feels more like the Farce of July.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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"Indifference is the epitome of evil." / „We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented"
(Elie Wiesel, Auschwitz survivor, writer, Peace Nobel Prize laureate who passed away #OnThisDay in 2016)
(Elie Wiesel, Auschwitz survivor, writer, Peace Nobel Prize laureate who passed away #OnThisDay in 2016)
July 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"Indifference is the epitome of evil." / „We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented"
(Elie Wiesel, Auschwitz survivor, writer, Peace Nobel Prize laureate who passed away #OnThisDay in 2016)
(Elie Wiesel, Auschwitz survivor, writer, Peace Nobel Prize laureate who passed away #OnThisDay in 2016)
I think it probably smells like this youtube.com/shorts/c1gRL...
July 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I think it probably smells like this youtube.com/shorts/c1gRL...
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During World War II, the United States arrested hundreds of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants from Latin America and deported them to the U.S. where they lived in camps.
Inside the U.S. plan to detain immigrants in Latin America as bargaining chips in WWII
During World War II, the United States arrested hundreds of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants from Latin America and deported them to the U.S. where they lived in camps.
n.pr
July 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
During World War II, the United States arrested hundreds of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants from Latin America and deported them to the U.S. where they lived in camps.
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Here's a quick update on the GOP's big bill
July 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Here's a quick update on the GOP's big bill
I’m sure it’s really safe to drink 😉
Cedar Rapids officials say drinking water is safe, even amid nitrate spike in some Iowa rivers
C.R. officials say drinking water is safe, even amid nitrate spike in some Iowa rivers
Nitrate levels in the Cedar River, which supplies drinking water for Cedar Rapids, have increased in recent days, but remain below the limit set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
www.thegazette.com
June 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I’m sure it’s really safe to drink 😉
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The authorities are investigating the death of a Canadian citizen who died Monday in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency said in a statement.
The man, Johnny Noviello, 49, is the 10th person to die in ICE custody this year.
The man, Johnny Noviello, 49, is the 10th person to die in ICE custody this year.
Canadian Citizen Dies at ICE Detention Center in Florida
The death of Johnny Noviello, 49, came as ICE agents have made sweeping arrests across the United States as part of President Trump’s crackdown on immigration. The cause is under investigation.
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June 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The authorities are investigating the death of a Canadian citizen who died Monday in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency said in a statement.
The man, Johnny Noviello, 49, is the 10th person to die in ICE custody this year.
The man, Johnny Noviello, 49, is the 10th person to die in ICE custody this year.
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Vaccine advisers appointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted on Thursday to stop recommending flu vaccines containing thimerosal, a preservative used to prevent bacterial contamination, to children and pregnant women. Dozens of studies have shown thimerosal to be harmless.
RFK Jr.’s New Advisers Rescind Recommendations for Some Flu Vaccines
Panelists pulled back some endorsements for certain vaccines containing a preservative that critics have falsely linked to autism.
trib.al
June 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Vaccine advisers appointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted on Thursday to stop recommending flu vaccines containing thimerosal, a preservative used to prevent bacterial contamination, to children and pregnant women. Dozens of studies have shown thimerosal to be harmless.