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Editor and retired teacher: I was desperate to explore the enticing titles on the main floor, but how was I to get past our gold-toothed librarian?

Register columnist: Ignored by the Democratic Party yet again, some Black Iowans are feeling disenfranchised and disengaged. So how will they vote?

A free library in the River Bend area was created to showcase books written by people of color or books that have positive stories of people of color in them

Register columnist: The Des Moines mans philosophy is "What if everybody did that?" — did their part. Morgans actions show how hes doing just that.

Des Moines Register While thousands of people celebrated the guilty verdicts in the trial of Derek Chauvin in the streets of Minneapolis, cities across the country followed suit with their own celebrations, including here in Des Moines. The white former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who was held to the ground with the officers knee last Memorial Day for o...

IPR People gather at a sculpture park in downtown Des Moines to talk about a murder conviction reached in the killing of George Floyd. A small crowd gathered at the Pappajohn Sculpture Park in downtown Des Moines Tuesday night in response to Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction for the murder of George Floyd. Organizers with The People’s Church in Des Moines brought a loudspeaker and boxes of pizza to the park and asked people to share their thoughts on the case that laun...

The next battle is right around the corner: Central Iowans celebrate Chauvin verdict in downtown Des Moines gathering Shelby Fleig, Andrea May Sahouri and Amber Mohmand, Des Moines Register While thousands of people celebrated the guilty verdicts in the trial of Derek Chauvin in the streets of Minneapolis, cities across the country followed suit with their own celebrations, including here in Des Moines. The white former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of second...