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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Smith: The incredible disappearing month

Smith: The incredible disappearing month

February 23, 2017

By Wylliam Smith [email protected] It’s no secret that Iowa isn’t necessarily a diverse state. The state population as a whole is 91.3 percent white. But now is the month of February, Black...

Grissel: Yiannopoulos can’t learn

Grissel: Yiannopoulos can’t learn

February 22, 2017

Hanna Grissel [email protected] In the past few days, much of the internet has watched the downfall of the alt-right’s inflammatory, white supremacist frontman Milo Yiannopoulos after he...

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad arrives at Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Wiegel: HF 291 will hurt grad students

February 22, 2017

By Zach Weigel [email protected] HF 291, better known as the collective-bargaining bill, was signed into law Feb. 17 by Gov. Terry Branstad after being fast-tracked through the Republican...

Rosario: Free press makes America great

Rosario: Free press makes America great

February 21, 2017

By Isabella Rosario [email protected] On  Feb. 17, President Trump tweeted, “The FAKE NEWS media (failing  @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the...

Elliot: Driverless is all the rage

Elliot: Driverless is all the rage

February 21, 2017

By Beau Elliot [email protected] So I heard, through my sources, that Iowa City will become a site for testing driverless cars. And I just had to laugh. As any local pedestrian can tell you,...

President Barack Obama delivers a health care address to a joint session of Congress at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)
 
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Custardo: Protect the Environmental Protect Agency

February 20, 2017

By KATRINA CUSTARDO [email protected] The Republican-controlled House of Representatives has just introduced a new bill attacking the EPA. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., introduced the measure...

Dugan: Cuts in funding not undergrads’ responsibility

Dugan: Cuts in funding not undergrads’ responsibility

February 20, 2017

by JACK DUGAN [email protected] Ever since Gov. Terry Branstad made the announcement that Iowa’s public higher-education institutions will receive another loss in state funding, this time...

Williams: Anti-collective bargaining a disgrace

Williams: Anti-collective bargaining a disgrace

February 17, 2017

By Dan Williams [email protected] Neoliberalism, like identity politics, has become one of the buzzwords people use to try to explain the bizarre state of affairs that is today’s world. Visiting...

Townsend: Make politics welcome in the classroom

Townsend: Make politics welcome in the classroom

February 17, 2017

By Laura Townsend [email protected] Politics should be welcome in the classroom. It can often feel overwhelming (and even impossible) to stay on top of the rapidity of news coming from the White...

Rosario: Black artists deserve better

Rosario: Black artists deserve better

February 16, 2017

By Isabella Rosario [email protected] At her post-Grammy press session, Adele echoed many viewers’ thoughts when she asked, “What the f--- does she have to do to win Album of the Year?” The...

Armstrong: Planned Parenthood deserves a promotion

Armstrong: Planned Parenthood deserves a promotion

February 15, 2017

By Dot Armstrong [email protected] Last week saw the inaugural meeting of the Student Advocates for Planned Parenthood, birthed by University of Iowa sophomores Adelaide Zwick and Gina...

Custardo: Idaho rapist receives proverbial judicial wrist slap

Custardo: Idaho rapist receives proverbial judicial wrist slap

February 15, 2017

by Katrina Custardo [email protected] In October 2015, 18-year-old Cody Duane Scott Herrera of Idaho was charged with raping a 14-year-old girl. Now, 16 months later, the case is receiving...