By Joe Lane [email protected] The latest episode of the ABC sitcom “Black-ish,” “Lemons,” addressed the complicated issue of Donald Trump’s election with respect to the groups in the...

By Zach Weigel [email protected] We can no longer call Donald Trump president-elect because he is set to be inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States today. And while some of us...

By Dot Armstrong [email protected] Many hearts are breaking among the ranks of the young and fashionable. American Apparel, that beloved haven for patriotic hipsters, is now owned by Gildan....

By Logan Pillard [email protected] At the 2017 Golden Globe Award Ceremony on Jan. 8, actor Meryl Streep was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille award, and she used her acceptance speech to scorn the...

By Wylliam Smith  [email protected] We’ve all heard of the saying “gotta beat the winter blues” or something similar to that. And as the holiday season comes to an end, we are faced with plowing...

By Laura Townsend [email protected] The latest restroom-camera controversy involving camera use in the Iowa City Public Library has created quite the stir among people concerned about their...

By Katrina Custardo [email protected] Abortion rights across the country have come under fire recently. With a Republican Congress and a soon to be “Republican” president and Republican...

By Mars Thera Pope [email protected] There are many battles to be fought for the LGBTQ community, and Sen. Matt McCoy, D-Des Moines, is trying to do so with the bills he introduced Jan 11. The first...

By Beau Elliot [email protected] Well, we made it through another War on Christmas, and most of us, including Christmas, came through unscathed. I think. Well, maybe not the Hawkeye men’s basketball...

By Marcus Brown [email protected] The medium in which one chooses to publish written work has an obvious effect on the availability and profitability of the work being published, but this is not...

By Jack Dugan [email protected] The existence of a “professor watch list” has been making rounds recently, generating concerns of censorship on both sides of the political spectrum. The list...