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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS
Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.
www.idsnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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wired.com
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it. www.wired.com/story/the-wi...
The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to...
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June 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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On the 81st anniversary of his death, Iowan Pvt. James Lee Harrington of Cincinnati, Iowa will be laid to rest today. D-Day is a time to remember when ordinary people like Pvt. Harrington did extraordinary things in defense of freedom and democracy. We are forever in their debt. 🇺🇸
June 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first. One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish. Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points. We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are. Anelise Feldman Freshman, Yarmouth High School Yarmouth
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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A video obtained by @nytimes.com clearly refutes the Israeli military's narrative on the aid convoy attack: Israeli troops opened fire on clearly marked ambulances that had their emergency lights on. 15 aid workers were killed. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On (Gift Article)
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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NEW: Iowa WBB assistant Raina Harmon named head coach at Florida Gulf Coast

- Harmon takes over one of the premier mid-major programs

- Spent eight seasons as an assistant coach at Iowa

MORE🏀: www.on3.com/teams/iowa-h...
April 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Don't be modest, @nytimes.com, @theatlantic.com, @theguardian.com. Take a bow. What a beautiful atrocity you've built.
February 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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the human cost

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Asanda Zondi received a startling phone call last Thursday, with orders to make her way to a health clinic in Vulindlela, South Africa, where she was participating in a research study that was testing a new device to prevent pregnancy and H.IV. infection. The trial was shutting down, a nurse told her. The device, a silicone ring inserted into her vagina, needed to be removed right away. When Ms. Zondi, 22, arrived at the clinic, she learned why: The U.S. Agency for International Development, which funded the study, had withdrawn financial support and had issued a stop-work order to all organizations around the globe that receive its money. The abrupt move followed an executive order by President Trump freezing all foreign aid for at least 90 days. Since then, the Trump administration has taken steps to dismantle the agency entirely. Ms. Zondi’s trial is one of dozens that have been abruptly frozen, leaving people around the world with experimental drugs and medical products in their bodies, cut off from the researchers who were monitoring them, and generating waves of suspicion and fear.
February 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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theathletic.com
Last season, Iowa made its second consecutive national championship game appearance on the backs of Caitlin Clark and a veteran roster.

Now, Clark is gone. Then head coach Lisa Bluder is gone. And the team sits in 13th in the Big Ten.

Can the Hawkeyes adjust to a new era?
In post-Caitlin Clark Iowa, can the Hawkeyes adjust to a new era?
Jan Jensen has taken over as the Hawkeyes coach as they embrace a new era.
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January 31, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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I’m humbled and honored to represent Iowa’s local media in handing out the Duke Slater Golden Gavel to LB Nick Jackson. The Golden Gavel is given to the Iowa player who not only is most cooperative with local media, but exhibits themself with professional integrity in all interactions.
December 18, 2024 at 1:01 AM
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Iowa didn't discard this man, and he says so here: www.theplayerstribune.com/big-e-ettore...
Sour | By Ettore “Big E” Ewen
I’m someone who didn’t have wildest dreams. I’m someone who, for the longest time, didn’t believe I deserved them.
www.theplayerstribune.com
December 2, 2024 at 4:27 PM
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Last year, when I was at MSNBC, I did a 10-minute deep-dive into RFK Jr's anti-vaxxer role in the measles outbreak that killed dozens and dozens of kids in Samoa.

I hope every Senator voting in his confirmation process for HHS knows about this crucial and awful story:
RFK Jr., anti-vaxxers, and a measles outbreak: Mehdi’s deep dive
YouTube video by MSNBC
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November 20, 2024 at 1:33 PM