The University of Iowa pays poverty-level wages to graduate workers despite incredible fundraising and an endowment of over $3 billion. The Board of Regents has increased tuition yet again and is desperately...
In the United States and at the University of Iowa, it is unacceptable that trying to further their education often leads to graduate students financial turmoil.
Recently, the UI’s graduate...
Raising Cane’s
You’ve just gotten off work late, and there’s nothing you wouldn’t do for a chicken sandwich and fries. You can’t go to Chick-fil-AÂ — they closed hours ago. A...
Iowans deserve better access to birth control and over-the-counter contraceptives.
On Feb. 19, the Iowa House advanced House File Bill 2584, formerly known as Iowa House Study Bill 642, allowing...
Reynolds announced March 28 she would dispatch over 100 Iowa National Guardsmen to the U.S.-Mexico border to continue addressing the border crisis. The effort supports Texas’ Operation Lone Star, a...
Caring for older adults should be a responsibility of the community, including in Iowa.
Older adults are some of the most at-risk members of the community for mental illness. Limited interactions...
Ames. 2014. I was eagerly anticipating the Iowan Spring to blossom following long winter months. They were unlike anything I had experienced in my part of the world before. The sight of snow in the...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has dodged a bullet.
On March 27, Reynolds made the right call in signing a new law to make important changes to Iowa’s Area Education Agencies after reviewing feedback...
Focusing on your health and wellbeing is the best medicine you can get. Health care professionals around the world are now incorporating functional medicine into their practice. Functional medicine...
U.S. House Republicans want to make living even harder for individuals with lower incomes, take away women’s bodily autonomy, and give tax cuts to the wealthy in our country.
On March 20, 80 percent...
Iowa House legislators recently proposed a bill that would use taxpayer dollars to pay Iowans to kill raccoons.
The bill, House Study Bill 636, is intended to help control the raccoon population and...
When considering what constitutes a satisfactory hospital visit, one must incorporate the soft skills of medical professionals as well as their technical abilities. While the vitals meticulously taken...
