By Logan Pillard [email protected] Last week, Gov. Terry Branstad signed a bill that barred cities and counties from raising the minimum wage, raising uncertainty for student workers already...

By Mars Thera Pope  [email protected] The Iowa House Human Resources Committee passed a ban on abortions after 20 weeks, dropping the “heartbeat measure” that would have banned them after...

By Dot Armstrong  [email protected] Like most other Americans, Brexit has me mystified and concerned. Like most other left-leaning white folks with Scottish ancestry, I’ve considered...

by Wylliam Smith  [email protected] Gender equality is a prominently discussed topic in the media nowadays, especially because of events such as the Women’s March. Gender norms force people...

by Dan Williams  [email protected] I, too, have fond memories of wasted nights, days, and everything in between; I have my fair share of stories of missing jail by a hair’s breath; I have my...

By Laura Townsend  [email protected] In the midst of a peaceful Iowa City summer, it is easy to see why the public art around town is important to our community. Children jump and play around...

By Dot Armstrong  [email protected] Former President Barack Obama’s leftover policies and President Trump’s mania for systemic revision have been performing a lurching tango in the...

Joe Lane [email protected] Recently, the news cycle has been laser-focused on the failed health insurance bill, the American Health Care Act. Fewer than 100 days into the Trump presidency, the...

By Katrina Custardo  [email protected] There is a new bill that just passed through the Texas Senate and is now heading to the House that attacks a woman’s right to having a safe abortion...

By Beau Elliot [email protected] After a rather confusing week, even by today’s standards (which might be an oxymoron) — where are the Russians? Here; no, there; no, there; no, here; no, nowhere;...

By Logan Pillard [email protected] After House Speaker Paul Ryan ran to the White House with his tail between his legs on the afternoon of March 24 to inform the president he did not, as previously...

By Travis Coltrain [email protected] Through my high-school career I had the wonderful opportunity of attending two very different schools; one was a school that threw all its money into...