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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

Armstrong: One step forward, 875 miles back

Armstrong: One step forward, 875 miles back

March 29, 2017

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...

This Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 photo shows the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, displayed on a laptop computer screen in Washington. Millions of Americans will still need to navigate the current federal health care system in the coming months no matter what happens in Congress _ whether the Republican plan to replace “Obamacare” is resurrected in some form after it was pulled on Friday, March 24, 2017, or if it never comes back. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Lane: Library of Congress

March 28, 2017

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...

Lucy Ceballos, center, and Isabella Soto, left, members of the National Institute for Reproductive Health, celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against Texas' abortion restrictions in front of Whole Woman's Health Monday, June 27, 2016, in McAllen, Texas. Whole Woman's Health is a abortion provider that stayed open despite the restrictions as many other providers closed over the past two years.  (Nathan Lambrecht/The Monitor via AP)

Custardo: Texas’ not a choice bill exactly that

March 28, 2017

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...

Elliot: The volume of emptiness

Elliot: The volume of emptiness

March 27, 2017

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;...

Pillard: Trump takes the L

Pillard: Trump takes the L

March 27, 2017

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...

Coltrain: Arts and sports programs, long-lost siblings

Coltrain: Arts and sports programs, long-lost siblings

March 27, 2017

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...

Weigel: Talking the Twittersphere(s)

Weigel: Talking the Twittersphere(s)

March 26, 2017

By Zach Weigel [email protected] Twitter is a business, and it has a bottom line, and at the end of the day (month, year), a business needs to make money in order to be a viable service. Even...

A Donald Trump supporter shows off his Trump flag at the Best Western, in Dubuque, Iowa on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. 1st District Iowa House Representative Republican Rod Blum celebrates his victory with an 8 points lead over Democrat Monica Vernon. (The Daily Iowan/Anthony Vazquez)

Rosario: How we unite in Trump’s divided, segmented America

March 26, 2017

ISABELLA ROSARIO [email protected] Since Nov. 8, 2016, I’ve questioned a lot of things. What it means to be an American. What it means to be queer, a woman, a person of color, and an American....

Smith: My first year as an out-of-stater

Smith: My first year as an out-of-stater

March 23, 2017

By Wylliam Smith [email protected] The final stretch of the school year is fast upon us. As University of Iowa students return from spring break and prepare for the last round of classes and...

 Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, in Sioux City, Iowa. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Townsend: Authoritarian Trump and the Milgram Experiment

March 23, 2017

By Laura Townsend [email protected] In the months since the election, I have been surprised to see how many supporters President Trump has kept. When he was running, Trump voters — however...

Williams: Science skeptics vs. climate skeptics

Williams: Science skeptics vs. climate skeptics

March 23, 2017

By Dan Williams [email protected] Already it hasn’t been a good year for science and public relations. On Feb. 17, basketball star Kyrie Irving said on the podcast Road Trippin’ with RJ &...

Lane: Maslow’s order

Lane: Maslow’s order

March 22, 2017

By Joe Lane [email protected] Abraham Maslow proposed in his 1943 paper “A Theory of Human Motivation” that human beings have a series of needs that must be fulfilled in a specific order,...