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Opinion: Working while Black: How anti-Black racism wrecks Black women's workday
Everyone else gets to just go to work; Black women have to battle racism and the backlash that occurs when they speak out.
Opinion: Whites used redlining to hoard the American dream and steal it from Black families
As a Black Iowan, it hurt to see my neighborhood 'redlined' on a Des Moines city map from the 1930s and characterized as hazardous due to its Black inhabitants.
Iowa’s 175th anniversary gets the side-eye: Being Black in Iowa is complicated
OPINION: Iowa became the nation’s 29th state 175 years ago on Dec. 28, 1846.
The Last Will and Testament of Dana James
Creating a will is not the distasteful and complex experience you might think it is. It's actually pretty easy.
Opinion: Working while Black: How anti-Black racism wrecks Black women's workday
Everyone else gets to just go to work; Black women have to battle racism and the backlash that occurs when they speak out.
Opinion: Whites used redlining to hoard the American dream and steal it from Black families
As a Black Iowan, it hurt to see my neighborhood 'redlined' on a Des Moines city map from the 1930s and characterized as hazardous due to its Black inhabitants.
Iowa’s 175th anniversary gets the side-eye: Being Black in Iowa is complicated
OPINION: Iowa became the nation’s 29th state 175 years ago on Dec. 28, 1846.
The Last Will and Testament of Dana James
Creating a will is not the distasteful and complex experience you might think it is. It's actually pretty easy.