Payday loans are big business in Iowa with 613,461 transactions totaling $220 million in 2015, an Iowa Division of Banking …Read More
Category: Editorials
Restoring hope
Iowa has the dubious distinction of ranking at the top of the nation for the number of African Americans per …Read More
Apparently placemats and nametags are all you need
Sometimes I can be so blind. Who would have thought that when I walked into work at the Carondelet Center …Read More
Pipeline protest and the bigger picture
Whether you call them “water protectors” or “protestors,” members of the Standing Rock Indian reservation adamantly oppose construction of a …Read More
Closing one door and opening another
We’ve closed the Holy Doors on the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy with opportunity anew to open the doors of our …Read More
Working for the common good
Thirty years ago, congregations representing various denominations in the Quad Cities came together to respond to social challenges resulting from …Read More
A compassionate choice
Compassion & Choices, a national organization that advocates for legalization of assisted suicide, has Iowa on its radar screen in …Read More