Dana James
@danajames.bsky.social
🎤 “Set our eyes west, chase the sunset . . . “ 🎵🎼🎶
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.
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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.
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
February 6, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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
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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!
January 12, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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.
January 6, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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.
January 5, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I guess we’ll have to look forward to 2027. Sigh.
Not interested in a “year in review” of anything 2025. Not now. Not ever.
December 31, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Not interested in a “year in review” of anything 2025. Not now. Not ever.
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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.”
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 [...
littlevillagemag.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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 📰👏🏾
June 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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.
June 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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.
June 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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.
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? 🤔
June 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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? 🤔
Thanks for sharing this.
March 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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.
March 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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.
March 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
‼️ 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
March 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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.
The Iowa House is debating a lot of bills today.
At long last the chamber took up a hands-free driving bill. (Senate had approved before).
Ended up passing 84-11. Roll call:
www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...
Text of bill:
www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...
#ialegis
At long last the chamber took up a hands-free driving bill. (Senate had approved before).
Ended up passing 84-11. Roll call:
www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...
Text of bill:
www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...
#ialegis
www.legis.iowa.gov
March 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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.”
March 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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.
March 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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 [email protected]! #Iowa
February 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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 [email protected]! #Iowa
Definitely in the wrong timeline.
February 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Definitely in the wrong timeline.