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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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The Carver College of Medicine gathered outside the Medical Education Research Facility for White Coats for Black Lives on Friday, June 5th, 2020. The medical community silently knelt for ten minutes in honor of Breonna Taylor and to protest systemic racism.

Photos: “White Coats for Black Lives Matter” at UIHC

Tate Hildyard, Senior Videographer • June 5, 2020

A march to support the Black Lives Matter movement and protest police brutality begins at the Pentacrest in downtown Iowa City on Thursday, June 4. The crowd, which contained about 2,500 people according to organizers, is seen here beginning the march by exiting the east side of the Pentacrest before they would head south on Clinton St.

Photos: Protesters complete night of peaceful marching without police clash, march onto I-80

Jake Maish, Documentary Director • June 5, 2020

Iowa City resident and University of Iowa alum Kameron Spears captures video of protesters marching past on Gilbert St. Spears, who was a child living in Chicago during riots in the 1960s said it resonates with him when protesters chant I cant breathe because when he was 14 years old his mother, who had asthma, died in the hospital because she was denied treatment as a woman of color.

Photos: Law enforcement officers use tear gas and flash-bangs on protesters marching toward I-80

Jenna Galligan, Photo Editor • June 4, 2020

A group of “Black Live Matter Black Out Protest” participants spray paint the intersection of Linn and East Burlington St. on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. The group marched to various locations in Iowa City, including several city and county buildings. This marks the second night of protest in the community.

Photos: Peaceful marching, some damages during second night of protesting in Iowa City

Ryan Adams, Visual Journalist • June 3, 2020

Protesters gather on the Pentacrest for a moment of silence during a protest in Iowa City on Monday, June 1, 2020. Protesters walk through downtown to the Johnson County Jail where they interacted peacefully with the police. Protesters then moved to the Iowa City Police Department where they smashed windows on a door.

Photos: Iowa City protest remains mostly peaceful despite tension with police

Jenna Galligan and Katie Goodale • June 2, 2020

Crowd members help each other rinse their eyes with water after being pepper sprayed by police outside of Coral Ridge Mall in Coralville on Monday, June 1, 2020. Social media posts circulated Twitter and Facebook encouraging looters to break into the mall at 10:30 p.m. Police blocked the entrances and the crowd became violent as a man rushed an officer and police used pepper spray and flash bangs on the crowd. Several nearby businesses had property damage to windows and some protesters were handcuffed.

Photos: At Coral Ridge Mall, police meet protesters with chemical irritant, flashbangs

Jenna Galligan and Katie Goodale • June 1, 2020

Sisters Raneem Hamad and Lujayn Hamad (right) lead chants during the Say Their Names rally on the Pentacrest on Saturday, May 30, 2020. Iowa City community members gathered to remember George Floyd, Ahmed Arbury, Yassin Mohamed and others. Money was collected during the event which went in donation to a vehicle procession carrying protesters going to Minneapolis. There were about five vehicles leaving directly following the rally.

Photos: Say Their Names Rally

Katie Goodale, Photojournalist • May 30, 2020

Protesters kneel in front of the police barricade during a protest outside of the Des Moines police station on Friday, May 29, 2020. An organized peaceful rally in honor of George Floyd and other victims of police brutality turned to violence following the event. Protesters threw water bottles at police while police sprayed tear gas and flares were thrown.

Photos: Protesters and police clash after rally in honor of George Floyd in Des Moines

Katie Goodale, Photojournalist • May 29, 2020

In this diptych, the T. Anne Clery Walkway is seen on March 11 and March 30, 2020. The first photo was taken on the last day of regularly scheduled classes and the second on the first day of online classes. Classes have been moved online for the remainder of the semester due to coronavirus .

Empty University of Iowa campus, Iowa City ‘eerie’ for those in town

Marissa Payne, Editor-in-Chief • April 7, 2020

Seniors Adam Goedken and Kyle Apple strolled leisurely down the T. Anne Cleary walkway on the University of Iowa’s first Monday after spring break. The skies were a clear blue with few clouds in...

This empty plaza in Millennium Park sits adjacent to the sparsely populated intersection of Madison Street and Michigan Avenue.

‘Life is different’: Chicagoans grapple with Illinois governor’s shelter-in-place order 

Jake Maish, Photojournalist • March 29, 2020

On Tuesday, three days after the statewide implementation of a shelter-in-place directive, residents of and visitors to the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago walked their dogs, carried overflowing...

Jonathan Jackson poses for a portrait outside of St. Burch Tavern during a shift for Chomp on Thursday, March, 26, 2020. Jackson has delivered for Chomp for the past two years and reports seeing a spike in orders since COVID-19. Jackson has been leaving food on doorsteps, frequently wears a mask and sanitizes his hands.

Delivery drivers work on the front lines of COVID-19 pandemic

Brooklyn Draisey, Managing Editor • March 29, 2020

Jonathan Jackson said there used to be lulls between lunch and dinner. Now, the only time the Chomp delivery driver stops is when he’s waiting for an order. “I have a feeling tonight’s going...

South Clinton St. is seen empty on Wednesday, March 18th, 2020. The spread of coronavirus in Johnson county has been named a public health emergency.(Tate Hildyard/The Daily Iowan.)

Photos: Downtown Iowa City

Tate Hildyard, Photojournalist • March 18, 2020

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