Each year, there are nearly 45,000 American deaths by suicide — and for each death there are an estimated 25 attempts. While these statistics are astounding and absolutely devastating, the stories of...

Is Iowa City a city? Given Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, if you’re like me and grew up in a small town, then chances are you probably would consider Iowa City a city. After all, the population of...

Hurricanes are deadly, with devastating winds and unimaginable amounts of water all coming and going in a matter of days. Clean-up after Hurricane Florence is underway, but there’s another nightmare...

There has been a strong flirtation between Democrats and the idea of statism since the 2016 election. The concept of returning power to states’ hands has felt justifiable by Iowa Democrats since the...

One thing about the weather, it seems to have a lot of fronts. Just like the weather to hide behind fronts. On the idle-thought front, we wonder if Nebraska football coach Scott Frost is still keeping...

For the students of the University of Iowa, the downtown landscape quickly becomes a second home after arriving on campus. Even first-year students see navigating the various boutiques, coffee shops, and...

In 2016, former Gov. Terry Branstad privatized Iowa’s Medicaid program in an effort to save money. With full support from current Gov. Kim Reynolds, the program serving 680,000 poor and disabled Iowans...

How often do most people plan a trip to a different city or state just to get their hair done? Never. How often do African-American women at the University of Iowa do this? More times than they should. There...

Cartoon by Braedyn Dochterman

A new club has emerged in the Tippie College of Business. InvestHer, a business organization that aims to create a network of women in finance, launched just a few weeks ago. After I spoke with the cofounders...

While living in Seattle this summer, I took a weekend trip to Whidbey Island to visit a friend and Hawkeye alum. Future organic farmer Corbin Scholz had attended an organic-farm school in a secluded island...

Rapper Mac Miller unfortunately died because of a drug overdose. His ex-girlfriend Ariana Grande was blamed for not staying with him, as if somehow her being with him would have prevented a situation entirely...