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Man drives his truck into protesters marching for
Iowa City pools: City Park is seeping, rec center swimmers
abortion rights in Cedar Rapids
fight likely closure and Mercer may be heating up
By Paul Brennan; June 27
By Adria Carpenter; June 29
Abortion rights advocates were lawfully crossing the street
The Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department has
after a rally when a driver accelerated, hitting several.
recommended closing the 58-year-old pool at Robert A.
Police reported one woman’s foot was run over by the truck, resulting in
Lee Community Recreation Center, adding a warm water pool at Mercer
a hospital visit, but witnesses claim others were injured as well. Video of
Park Aquatic Center and redesigning City Park pool, introducing new
the incident went viral on Twitter.
features to the seven decade-old facility.
Iowa City yoga instructor leads free, anonymous class
Video: ‘We can do better, because we’ve done better’:
to help trauma survivors ‘regain a sense of bodily
Deidre DeJear on Iowa’s future, LGBTQ rights, abortion
autonomy’
access and legalizing cannabis
By Adria Carpenter; July 14
Video by Jason Smith, story by Paul Brennan; July 15
For most of the week, Mara Cheney works as a well-being
During an interview with journalist and author Lyz Lenz
and harm reduction assessment coordinator at the University of Iowa.
at a campaign event in Iowa City on Thursday, Democratic nominee
But every Thursday, she teaches Yoga for Survivors at Benders Studio, a
for governor Deidre DeJear said Gov. Reynolds and Republicans “have
free anonymous class that helps people recover from past trauma.
the tendency … to create problems that really don’t exist, rather than addressing the problems that do exist.”
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