Following this year’s midterm election, Iowa and Johnson County brought more racial and ethnic diversity to the political field.  Four years before, the Iowa House had only four people of color.  Before...

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Now that Thanksgiving break is over, finals are just around the corner, and University of Iowa students are racing to this semester’s finish line. The period between the end of midterm exams and finals...

The 2022 Midterms confirmed one thing about Iowa — it is not a swing state anymore. Republicans ran the table, as they retained all their statewide offices by comfortable margins. In addition, the...

Politics might have been a hot topic at your Thanksgiving dinner table.  In culmination with the recent midterm election, politics might be the last thing you want to hear about. But as we approach...

I was in fifth grade when Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 Sandy Hook Elementary School students and six teachers in Newtown, Connecticut. That is my first memory of gun violence. Now, almost 10 years...

Iowa City: It has a ring to it that has never left my mind. Several places in Iowa City hold a special place in my heart, from the Fourth of July fireworks over the Old Capital, to eating...

After a 2018 surgery to remove the growing brain tumor in the right anterior lobe of my brain, my neurosurgeon warned my risk of seizures would remain high in my surgical recovery, remission, and...

I won’t be watching the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, and you shouldn’t either. Starting on Nov. 20, 32 nations will battle for world soccer glory, but they will be doing so on graves. Qatar...

Everyone has their favorite local shops. Now is the time to show up for them. My parents opened up La Mie Bakery in Des Moines in 2002. The bakery opened in a small unit of a strip mall near...

The anticipated red-wave in this year’s midterm elections didn’t hit much of the country. But Iowa drowned in it. Republicans completely dominated in Iowa’s elections, but the success they expected...