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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

Rosario: Steve King is not an anomaly

Rosario: Steve King is not an anomaly

March 22, 2017

By Isabella Rosario [email protected] In the 1970s, both my parents’ families immigrated to the United States from the Philippines. At a Halloween party years later, my 1980s-permed mom...

Pope: Wary of the ICE man cometh

Pope: Wary of the ICE man cometh

March 21, 2017

By Mars Thera Pope [email protected] U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE, has been arresting and deporting illegal immigrants. So far, 23 arrests have been reported in...

Coltrain: Acceptance over tolerance

Coltrain: Acceptance over tolerance

March 21, 2017

By Travis Coltrain [email protected] Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in the world, according to a study conducted by the PEW Research Center. It is the world’s second-most...

Weigel: Bottle-bill baloney

Weigel: Bottle-bill baloney

March 21, 2017

By Zach Weigel [email protected] Americans like their water, and they like to be able to conveniently drink it. Therefore, it should come as little surprise the 2016 data from Beverage Marketing...

Custardo: Love army for Somalia

Custardo: Love army for Somalia

March 20, 2017

By Katrina Custardo [email protected] Love Army for Somalia is a movement to bring relief to Somalia, which is currently going through a massive famine. It was originally created by Jérôme...

"I'm not a politician, politicians are stupid." Donald Trump addresses the media from the inside of his private airliner at DSM international airport on Monday, April 8, 2015. Trump emphasized the fact that he is not a politician several times while speaking to the media and later students at Simpson College. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores)

Elliot: Killing weather & other Trumpsterisms

March 20, 2017

By Beau Elliot [email protected] So I see that the Fake-News-in-Chief wants to kill the weatherman -woman. Or maybe that’s kill the weather. So hard to tell with the Trumpster these days...

Pillard: Yet another education problem

Pillard: Yet another education problem

March 20, 2017

By Logan Pillard [email protected] Spring break season is finally here, but students may not want to be so quick to take the lavished vacations that are engraved in the collegiate tradition....

Writers from around Iowa City work on the short stories and novels  at the Iowa City Public Library, in Iowa City on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016. The Iowa City Public Library will be hosting meetings to for writers to celebrate National Novel Writing Month. (The Daily Iowan/Anthony Vazquez)

Armstrong: Young writers in Iowa’s juvenile diaspora

March 19, 2017

By DOT ARMSTRONG [email protected] Refugees don’t always come from Syria or Sudan. In fact, an unrepresented segment of the Iowa population has been searching for a home since 2014. Here’s...

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad gestures while speaking  after being appointed as Trump's ambassador to China during 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)

Soyer: Privatized Medicaid a disaster

March 19, 2017

By Hannah Soyer [email protected] While I was home over spring break, my family received the great news from the Department of Human Services that the cuts that had been made to my personal-care...

A Casey's employee washes dishes in the kitchen during a night shift in Iowa City on Monday. Casey's General Stores, a popular gas station chain, is well known for their pizza. (The Daily Iowan/Brooklynn Kascel)

Rosario: Minimum wage should be a livable wage in Iowa

March 10, 2017

By Isabella Rosario [email protected] When people think of minimum-wage workers, they often imagine  teenager, living with their parents, working to earn extra spending money. But according...

Williams: Baroque tax code leads to less funding

Williams: Baroque tax code leads to less funding

March 10, 2017

By Dan Willaims [email protected] It’s hard to stave off the urge to yawn when researching tax policy. David Foster Wallace committed suicide while writing a novel about the IRS — confounded...

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Townsend: Creative-writing students not prepared for post-grad life

March 10, 2017

By Laura Townsend [email protected] I pocket-dialed my mother last night while I was heating up packaged lasagna in the microwave. I heard a tiny “Hello? Hello?” coming from my jeans and...