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Catch up on Little Village’s most-viewed headlines from last month. Read more at LittleVillageMag.com.

Protesters disrupt carbon capture conference in Des moines, face close call with SUV

by Lily DeTaeye, Nov. 10 Led by Buffalo Rebellion, about 100 people marched through the streets of Des Moines to the Iowa Events Center on Nov. 9 to protest the National Carbon Capture Conference and Expo. Three companies at the conference have submitted proposals and/ or applied for permits to build a carbon capture pipeline through Iowa and surrounding states.

Letter to the editor: Dangerous rail merger threatens rural Iowa

by Justin Hollinrake of Ames, Nov. 30 If you ask folks in the Quad Cities about the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern railroad merger, they’ll likely cite worries about disrupting downtown areas or holding up rush hour traffic. But the proposed merger matters for rural Iowa, too. And as the midterms fall into the rear-view mirror, we must ask ourselves how to best support these parts of our state.

‘I am my sister’s keeper’: Trans femmes in central Iowa share home and resources through the Trans Housing Project

by Genevieve Trainor, Nov. 15 Zoie Taylor owns two houses across the street from one another in Des Moines, home to Taylor, her children and fellow trans femmes. Some of them work, some manage disabilities. None of them pay rent. Each home has space reserved to help someone through a short-term crisis, if necessary, part of a mutual aid mission.

Photo Gallery: Halloween on the Hill rises from the grave

by courtney Guein, Nov. 3 HOTH took a pause in 2020 and ’21, but their comeback on Oct. 31 was bloody sweet. The Sherman Hill neighborhood brought back the classic “Thriller” performance in the center of the tour, and featured some new sights, sounds and horror villains for their one-night-only annual fright fest.