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Black Lives Matter: An issue dedicated to Black voices in our community

This issue is dedicated to Black voices in our community.


Since George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis at the hands of a white police officer, the nation has seen a racial reckoning with protests in every …

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A look at disparities that Black women face, as told by three Iowans

According to a recent essence survey, 93% of Black women in the U.S. Say they’ve experienced racism in their lifetime. 

The recent deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, among others, have brought …

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Infographic: Inequity in arrests

There are significant disparities in arrest rates of Black Iowans, studies show. These arrest rates have cyclical effects with employment background checks, housing, income level and more.

See the infographic here.…

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Meet two of Des Moines’ community organizers fighting for change

It all happened in less than a month. 

When the Business Record spoke to Des Moines’ Selma organizer Justyn Lewis on June 16, it had only been 10 days since the event Our Generation’s March …

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Business Record 6-26-20

Black Lives Matter: An issue dedicated to Black voices in our community

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NOTEBOOK: Behavioral economics helps explain sharp uptick in deposits, drop in bank earnings

As I was writing an article last week reporting on the latest FDIC quarterly banking statistics, I had to wonder what types of factors weighed into banks experiencing such a sharp drop in earnings nationally. Net income …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Juneteenth ‘lends itself to a deeper conversation about freedom’

Juneteenth is too important a day for one good read. Here are three pieces to take a look at. 

What to know about Juneteenth, the emancipation holiday (NBC News): “Juneteenth has always been particularly special for African…
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Business Record 6-19-20

Revitalizing Dogtown 

Focus: REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the June 19 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the June 5 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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Letter from the editor: We must – and will – do more to elevate Black voices

Black lives matter.

As journalists we know that words make a profound and lasting impact. We know that those three words hold much complexity even though the phrase should be easy enough to support in …