When President Trump visited Cedar Rapids a few weeks ago, one attendee was quoted in The Daily Iowan as saying, in response to protesters present, “I guess it’s their right to protest. But they ought...

By Hannah Soyer [email protected] Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., finished his speech for the Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement 2017 conference on July 15 by answering this question: What are...

Food waste adds 18,000 tons each year to the Iowa City landfill; composting and food mindfulness is the solution. By Dot Armstrong [email protected] Composting is often invoked as the grossest...

As the GOP makes more and more decisions to reward only the most wealthy, Iowan farmers get hurt. By Jacob Prall [email protected] Traveling between my home in Cedar Rapids and my residence in...

Agata Kornhauser-Duda’s walking past Donald Trump to greet Melania Trump demonstrated that wives of top officials are no longer arm decorations. By Hannah Webster [email protected] When it...

Recently, our view of the North Korean people has been similar to that of the Soviet Union during the Cold War, an image shaded by propaganda and fear. Whether we are hearing about the country’s attempts...

There’s an interesting debate going on in leftist circles concerning the future of the Democratic Party. On the one side, there is the call for a return to the party’s roots, going back to Franklin...

By Stephen Schrichfield [email protected] It’s been classified as a drug that doesn’t discriminate. Opioids don’t stop to check race, income, and where you reside. Its epicenter being...

So there was this guy in Michigan, living near the heart of Trumpster land, which is not to say he was a Trumpsterite or anything, because who knows? We just know he had a problem with bees. And a Fourth...

The cost of living in St. Louis is higher than the cost of living in small-town Missouri. So why should both places have the same minimum wage? In the Missouri Legislature, the lawmakers did not seem...

Hannah Soyer [email protected] Protesters with disabilities, mainly those associated with disability rights group ADAPT, are being dragged out of their wheelchairs by police officers. On July...

With Iowa being in bad shape financially, expanding the legality of marijuana in the state could be the solution. By Zach Weigel [email protected] Setting aside prejudice and stereotypes, it...