The fight for LGBT rights in the U.S. did not begin nor end with same-sex marriage legalization. As Pride Month comes to a close, the sobering truth remains: There is no federal law prohibiting discrimination...
When the Polk County Board of Supervisors gave away $844,000 in public funds to private religious schools, the officials misused their elected positions.
Michelle Kumar
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The...
A recent report from IowaWatch — a nonprofit news organization sponsored by the Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism — found that 90 percent of Iowa school districts have at least one school...
By: Lucee Laursen
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In the last several weeks, the Trump administration has begun to strictly enforce illegal-immigration policies. The action has caused at least 2,300 children...
While tanning is popular in the Western world, people in India work to give their skin a lighter look, most often by bleaching it. "Fairness creams," one of India's popular cosmetic items, have a market size of about $450 million.
Last week, conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA made headlines again after Communications Director Candace Owens came under fire for insensitive comments on suicide and the #MeToo movement. And although...
Norwegian lawmakers Christian Tybring-Gjedde and Per-Willy Amundsen nominated Trump for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his historic meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. The...
Beau Elliot
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It’s so easy to hate America.
Especially, but not necessarily limited to, white America.
It’s white America, after all, that owns most of the wealth....
Last week, The Daily Iowan ran the article “UI will continue to allow emotional-support animals despite discrediting study.” The article said the study “dispels the idea that emotional-support...
Glenn “Sonnie" Wooden Jr.
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I have always had a love/hate relationship with Anthony Bourdain. His “Parts Unknown” was and is one of my favorite shows. For me when I watched,...
Kate Spade. Then Anthony Bourdain. Merely days apart, the suicides of these icons in their respective fields left many questioning the merits of achieving fame and success. To many, it may seem as though...
