It’s Banned Books Week. Iowans told us their forbidden favesPosted October 5th, 2023 at 4:36pm by Amie Rivers A banned book display at the Reading in Public book store in West Des Moines. Some of the books in the display were recently pulled from shelves in the Urbandale School District. Photo by Ty Rushing/Starting Line Full story →
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month At These 9 Iowa FestivalsPosted September 12th, 2023 at 4:20pm by Amie Rivers Photo via Latino Heritage Festival and Ruben Rodriguez Full story →
West Des Moines Honors The Long Family’s ContributionsPosted September 7th, 2023 at 4:15pm by Ty Rushing Members of the Long family and West Des Moines officials celebrate the new Johnny and Barbara Long honorary roadway in the city. Photo by Ty Rushing/Starting Line staff Full story →
Iowa’s 17 Award-Winning Historic Preservation Projects for 2023Posted June 23rd, 2023 at 3:28pm by Nikoel Hytrek Full story →
Iowa Librarian Pens ‘Library’s Bill of Rights’ in 1938 (And It’s Relevant Again)Posted May 1st, 2023 at 12:07pm by Nikoel Hytrek Full story →
16 Beautiful Libraries Around the World (Including Iowa!)Posted April 25th, 2023 at 10:13am by Guest Post The State Law Library of Iowa, on the second floor of the Iowa State Capitol Building. Ty Rushing/Starting Line Full story →
Cedar Rapids’ Rhodes Scholar to Nobel Nominee: Iowa Poet Paul EnglePosted April 13th, 2023 at 12:43pm by Nikoel Hytrek University of Iowa. Iowa Writers’ Workshop Full story →
‘Tough, Tenacious’ Minnette Doderer Fought Tirelessly for Iowa WomenPosted March 23rd, 2023 at 10:25am by Nikoel Hytrek Credit: Iowa Women’s History Hall of Fame https://humanrights.iowa.gov/icsw/minnette-doderer Full story →
5 Inspiring Facts About Iowa’s Trailblazing First Lady Lou Henry HooverPosted March 9th, 2023 at 10:50am by Nikoel Hytrek Courtesy of the Hoover Presidential Library Full story →
At Majority-White UNI, Highlighting Black History ‘Extremely Important’Posted February 6th, 2023 at 1:58pm by Amie Rivers Lexi Gause, a junior social work major at the University of Northern Iowa, is a co-president of the Black Student Union. (Feb. 3, 2023) Full story →