Dana James

Bearing Witness: The Call for Justice at 3rd & Court Avenue – Black Iowa News A nonprofit group devoted to fighting racially-biased policing wants to know why the Des Moines Police Department is missing use-of-force reports from the 2020 George Floyd Protests.

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Help: Is anyone going to Sioux City, Iowa, this weekend? If so, would you be willing to drop off some newspapers there? I really want the Sioux City NAACP to have the papers before their Coretta Scott King “Her Story and Songs” concert on Tuesday. Please let me know. Thanks! #iowa #siouxcityia

Sweet. My mom was a library associate at Des Moines schools before she retired and she loved that library and did her best to make it welcoming and to help children.

North Liberty Public Library

North Liberty Public Library

This is just a sampling of some of the awesome public libraries Black Iowa News delivers to. #Iowa

Forest Avenue Library in Des Moines.

Iowa City Public Library.

Davenport Public Library

Waterloo Public Library

Iowa has beautiful public libraries. Iowa HSB636 looking to ban partnerships between schools and libraries is counterintuitive and counterproductive if education is indeed the goal. I love delivering the free Black Iowa Newspaper to libraries across the state. Support public libraries. ❤️ #libraries

History was made this morning as Renee Hardman officially became the first Black woman sworn in to the Iowa Senate. Please help us welcome Senator Hardman!

OK, how do we get back to the right timeline cause this ain’t it.

I guess we’ll have to look forward to 2027. Sigh.

Amen!

Not interested in a “year in review” of anything 2025. Not now. Not ever.

Iowa groups tell congressional delegation bill would ‘gut’ Clean Water Act - Little Village Environmental and community groups from Iowa sent a letter Thursday to the state’s congressional delegation urging them to oppose a House bill that would “gut critical clean water protections.”  The [...

Iowa is “on the frontlines of a drinking water emergency," and environmental groups say the proposed PERMIT Act "puts polluters ahead of our communities and clean water.”

New‼️The June Black Iowa Newspaper is here! It’s making its way across the state! Pick up a copy!#insideblackiowa #Juneteenth #iowa #blackiowanews 📰👏🏾

Watching coverage of No Kings rallies being held across the country and locally. The protesters have shared eloquent condemnations of the Trump administration.

I’m up in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, for my sister’s birthday. Woke up to sirens. A state rep. and her husband were killed there. A senator and his wife were shot in nearby. The shooter, a white male, reportedly wore a police uniform, shot at police, had a manifesto. We’re under a shelter in place.

That part.

The dealership almost robbed me of $3,300. Even tho it was a hassle, I followed my gut and towed the car elsewhere, and that mechanic couldn’t duplicate the problem, which is great. But I’m furious at the scummy dealership whose employees lied to me with impunity. What’s my recourse? 🤔

'Homegrown criminals' are next: Beware of Trump's true intentions – Black Iowa News OPINION: Who are the 'homegrown' criminals Trump was talking about wanting to deport this week?

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Thanks for sharing this.

Idk where Bussey is but what happened there? There was also something that looked like Mordor between Davenport and Burlington but I’ve never figured out what it was.

‼️ 3 spots: One is the highway between Davenport and Burlington. It’s so bad there I vowed never to take that road again. The other is from North Liberty to I-80 through a park. The other is the long stretch when you’re coming from Sioux City and you turn east to head toward I-80. It’s eerie.

Traveled a thousand miles around the state delivering the March edition of the Black Iowa Newspaper, and there are some stretches that are spooky and inexplicably unnerve me. Like something terrible must have happened there. Ever have that kind of feeling about a place you’re driving through? #iowa

Sigh.

When I’m am super tired like now, random rap lyrics emerge: “But I am still thirsty. The Lord allowed me to drink some more, he said what I am searching for are the answers to all, which are in front of me . . . “ — Arrested Development’s “Tennessee.”

I find myself often thinking back to when Arya Stark eliminated the Night King and all the Wights fell along with him. It reminds me of something.

Have good news to share? New job? Scholarship? Start a business or nonprofit? Engagement? Wedding? Or something else you’re happy about? We want to include it in the next edition of the Black Iowa Newspaper❗️We could all use some ⭐️Good News! Email your ⭐️Good News to dana@blackiowanews.com! #Iowa

Liars lie. Thieves steal. You know, like they’re stealing the whole government? #sideeye

Definitely in the wrong timeline.

Sick of these dudes.

When the government is out to get you . . . 👀

Yes! 🙌🏾