Rooted in their passion for an open, inclusive church, Adey and Tom Wassink left their denomination and started their own.
Sanctuary Community Church in Coralville has grown into a supportive...
The Living Memoirs Project aims to promote greater understanding and appreciation of diversity, religion, and culture in the Iowa City community. This article is part of a series of guest columns...
The loud drone of drills and power tools rang through the hallways of Northwest Junior High in Coralville on Feb. 16.
The sounds of sawing and hammering were soon overpowered by giggles and...
Jack Moore, Assistant News Editor
• February 6, 2024
Within the chiseled stone exterior of the Iowa City Senior Center was a scene of smooth jazz, elegant outfits, and the floating scents of fresh traditional cuisine the night of Feb. 4.
The...
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn affirmative action in June 2023, ending race-based admission, the future of diversity scholarships in institutions nationwide is unsure,...
The Daily Iowan reflects on the year 2023 with powerful photos and stories.
These frames range from the moments that divide us and unite us in news, politics, sports, and everyday life.
The images...
Despite rereading “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” every year since I first picked up the book at 13 years old, I didn’t consider it controversial until I noticed its title on a list of 68 books...
Member of the Iowa City Deaf community Robert Vizzini scribbled down some notes an interpreter provided to him, but when it was finally his turn to speak at a Cedar Rapids school board meeting, the...
I was born in California in 2004 to parents who immigrated from Sudan in the 1990s. My upbringing was a blend of American and Sudanese culture, and I used Arabic and English in a constant rotation.
The...
Native American Student Association and Latino Native American Cultural Center members and students gathered at the University of Iowa Pentacrest Monday for a decolonization rally on Indigenous Peoples'...
Grace Nelson, a first-year student at the University of Iowa, had fifteen minutes to get to a classroom in the basement of Van Allen Hall.
Nelson said she found the experience a little scary because...
It didn’t even take a week for cameras to start following first-year University of Iowa student Euan Mugisha.
He said he noticed UI photographers focusing on him at a bingo event during On Iowa!...
