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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

President-Elect Donald J. Trump gestures while thanking fans after an event for President-Elect Donald J. Trump and Vice President-Elect Mike Pence 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)

Newby: People can make little changes to eliminate human trafficking

March 5, 2018
Human trafficking is more prevalent now than ever, and with millions rallying around the movement for freeing those in bondage, ending this evil is inevitable.
Smith: What are we paying for?

Smith: What are we paying for?

March 5, 2018
UISG recently passed a bill allocating $45,000 for a speaker to come to the First Generation Summit. While the idea of the summit is well-intentioned spending, $45,000 on a speaker to talk to 250 students is not a good use of the student-activities fund.
Mike Fiorille, business partner at Get Loaded, serves a customer at the gun store on June 30, 2016, in Grand Terrace, Calif. State lawmakers on Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, gutted a measure that would have limited rifle purchases in the state. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Lee: Private companies rush in where Congress fears to tread

March 1, 2018
Companies disowning the NRA and ending firearm sales is likely as effective as any legislation this government would put in place.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 54th Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 18, 2018. Netanyahu and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif bickered on Sunday at the 54th Munich Security Conference. (Luo Huanhuan/Xinhua/Sipa USA/TNS)

Prall: Israeli corruption case mirrors

March 1, 2018
Strongman authoritarian rule has become more popular in world politics, particulary with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Iowa Medical and Classification Center is seen on Sept. 21, 2017.

Judd: Arizona controversy reflects broken US prison system

March 1, 2018
Prison health care in Arizona is inadequate. But, some Americans are using their power to give a voice to the imprisoned voiceless.
U.S. president Donald Trump and British prime minister Theresa May at the first working session of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. (John MacDougall/Pool/DPA/Abaca Press/TNS)

Laursen: UK responds to gun violence while US legislators bicker

March 1, 2018
The UK changed its gun laws in 1996 after a school shooting killed 16 children. Meanwhile U.S citizens wait for gun change.
Parents and students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., and community members made a stop at the site of the Pulse nightclub attack on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 on their way back home from Tallahassee. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

Kumar: Politicization, hypocrisy overshadow tragedy of Parkland

March 1, 2018
Many pro-gun adults shame the teen victims of the Parkland shooting online all while complaining about their lack of maturity.
Protesters gather during the Women's March on January 20, 2018. Protesters gathered at the Ped Mall listen to speakers and march for female empowerment. (Katina Zentz/The Daily Iowan)

Smith: Where is the line with sexual assault/deconstructing rape culture?

Wylliam Smith, [email protected] February 28, 2018
Society must deconstruct how we view rape as a man-on-woman crime and further question what consent is. Do situations in which both members involved in sex are drunk qualify as rape, and how can one determine when a person says “yes” but means “no”?
Jaimes: Broward County Sheriff's Office and the case for girls and guns

Jaimes: Broward County Sheriff’s Office and the case for girls and guns

Marina Jaimes, [email protected] February 28, 2018
Individualism, female empowerment, and the Second Amendment should come to the fore.
President Donald Trump meets with students, parents and teachers affected by mass shootings in Parkland, Fla., Newtown, Conn., and Columbine, Colo., to search for policies to keep America's schools safe in the State Dining Room of the White House on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Shaw: Trump’s support of giving guns to teachers is problematic and not plausible

February 27, 2018
The proposal to arm teachers with firearms by Trump is implausible in the ways that it could enable more budget cuts to schools, not deter school shooters, and culminate in turning preconceived biases about students of color into threats.
Donald trump speaks to a room of more than a thousy and supporters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Thursday, July 28, 2016. Trump was joined by Iowa GOP members Joni Ernst, and Terry Branstad. (The Daily Iowan/Jordan Gale)

Elliot: And the beast goes on

February 27, 2018
The mass shooting that refused to quietly drift away.
White House advisor Kellyanne Conway, right, and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos attend a Halloween event at the South Lawn of the White House Oct. 30, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Newby: Investing in early childhood is imperative

February 25, 2018
With President Trump’s new budget proposal, children’s lives across the world would be put into question.