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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

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An unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officer reviews forms at the the Pacific Enforcement Response Center in Laguna Niguel, Calif., in an April 26, 2017, file image. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Kumar: Immigration law needs empathy

January 26, 2018
While it may be illegal to cross the border, the law needs to show empathy too.
Cress Williams as Black Lightning in the CW series "BLack Lightning." (The CW)

Smith: Must black media be centered in an urban climate?

January 26, 2018
Most black media focus on urban culture and race relations, but doing this creates stereotypes and limits storytelling ability.
Students smile during the Womens March on January 20, 2018. Hundreds gathered on the Ped Mall to listen to speakers and march for womens rights. (Katie Goodale/The Daily Iowan)

Shaw: Resisting the Patriarchy on Campus

Nichole Shaw, [email protected] • January 25, 2018
The patriarchal system has left women in academia and other workplaces in states of marginalization.
University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld speaks with Regents and Interim Provost Sue Curry during a state Board of Regents tuition task force meeting in Kollros Auditorium in Biology Building East in Iowa City on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Laursen: UI wants tuition hike before raising quality of academics

Lucee Laursen, [email protected] • January 25, 2018
The UI plans to raise tuition by 41 percent over the next five years without a comprehensive plan to improve education.
Aziz Ansari in the Trophy Room at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Rosario: Changing the conversation on sexual misconduct

Isabella Rosario, [email protected] • January 24, 2018
The irresponsible reporting of sexual misconduct allegations against Aziz Ansari opened the floodgates for classic victim-blaming.
A Marine stands guard at the West Wing entrance of the White House as government shutdown deadline approaches on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Elliot: Dream on, Dreamers, and other reality bites

January 23, 2018
Dream on, Dreamers, and other reality bites swirl through Washington as the gov’t goes on vacation, then doesn’t.
Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney speaks to press during a briefing on the government shutdown on Saturday, January 20, 2018 in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Cheriss May/NurPhoto/Zuma Press/TNS)

Lee: Bipartisanship cannot be achieved without respect

Ella Lee, [email protected] • January 23, 2018
Without regard for the opposition, there is no hope of creating successful bipartisan Legislature.
Dr. Traci Acklin, a pediatrician in Montgomery, W.V., peers into Connor Prathers ear. The one-year-old boy, who has Medicaid coverage, has had persistent ear infections, which will require surgery. (Noam N. Levey/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Prall: Medicaid is privatized and problematic

Jacob Prall, [email protected] • January 22, 2018
Iowa’s privatized Medicaid is supposed to save the state cash — but at what cost?
President-Elect Donald J. Trump and Vice President-Elect Mike Pence shake hands during an event in Des Moines on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. Trump and Pence are completing a Thank You tour across the country. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Kumar: Birthright citizenship is not the saving grace for our immigration system

Michelle Kumar, [email protected] • January 22, 2018
President Donald Trump is driven to reform our immigration system, which would be great if he focused on fixing the source of the problem rather than trying to solve the aftermath.
The U.S. Capitol building in January 2009. The name that current Republican tax writers gave to a new, multibillion-dollar business levy -- global intangible low-taxed income or GILTI -- could end up snaring many global firms that earn little such income. (Brian Vander Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Judd: The future of online shopping and sales tax

January 19, 2018
States urge the Supreme Court to review an old ruling regarding the prohibition on sales tax on Internet purchases.
Eight-year-old Sutton Philips, left, his brother, 10-year-old Greyson Philips, center, and their mom, Liz Philips, right, play a game of rock-paper-scissors with "Alexa," their Amazon Echo wireless speaker and voice command personal assistant. (Howard Lipin/San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS)

Laursen: A call to stop giving robots gender

January 19, 2018
Siri, Alexa, and Sophia are all females. We as a society have forced gender on technology, which opens the door to inherent discrimination.
Rosario: Sexism stunts medical progress

Rosario: Sexism stunts medical progress

January 18, 2018
Unrest, a new documentary, explores the stigma surrounding chronic fatigue syndrome.
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