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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

Weigel: Rethinking polarization

Weigel: Rethinking polarization

December 8, 2016

By Zach Weigel [email protected] Despite what media outlets and political rhetoric suggests, the nation is not polarized along ideological lines. By this I mean to say that our nation is not as...

Dugan: No dabble, clean up Flint’s water now

Dugan: No dabble, clean up Flint’s water now

December 7, 2016

By Jack Dugan [email protected] Have we forgotten about Flint, Michigan? I would assume that the nearly 100,000 residents who are still afflicted with water insecurity have not. The water crisis...

Lane: What’s in a word?

Lane: What’s in a word?

December 7, 2016

By Joseph Lane [email protected] Last month, the Oxford Dictionary selected its “word of the year.” For those unfamiliar, Oxford’s word of the year is a tradition that dates back several decades....

Weigel: Changing the game for NFL football

Weigel: Changing the game for NFL football

December 6, 2016

By Zach Weigel [email protected] It’s hard to believe Week 13 of the NFL season is now in the books, and it’s even harder to believe the NFL is experiencing significantly lower ratings than...

FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2016 photo, former Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson during Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's roundtable meeting with the Republican Leadership Initiative in his offices at Trump Tower in New York. Trump has chosen former Campaign 2016 rival Ben Carson to become secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Elliot: Real meaning, nothing else

December 6, 2016

By Beau Elliot [email protected] So we see that Donald Trump, soon to become the Tweet-in-Chief, if not the Trump-ahontas-in-Chief, has named Ben Carson to be head of HUD. That would be the Department...

Soyer: Branstad must denounce hate, violence

Soyer: Branstad must denounce hate, violence

December 6, 2016

By Hannah Soyer [email protected] In the week following the presidential election, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a statement condemning the rise of hateful acts and violence. “Let me be...

Medithi: Art, context, message, in a messy world

Medithi: Art, context, message, in a messy world

December 5, 2016

By Vivian Medithi [email protected] On Nov. 30, I saw the film Officer Downe at FilmScene, a movie about a cop in a futuristic Los Angeles dystopia who is repeatedly sent on suicide missions by...

In this photo taken Nov. 17, 2016, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., accompanied by Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, speaks to media at Trump Tower in New York. President-elect Donald Trump has picked Sessions for the job of attorney general. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Fernandez: Social media as Big Brother

December 5, 2016

By Rebecca Fernandez [email protected] On Nov. 30, comedian Mo Amer boarded his flight to Scotland and made his way over to his seat only to find the place beside him occupied by Eric Trump,...

Brown: Reliving a stressful world event

Brown: Reliving a stressful world event

December 5, 2016

By Marcus Brown [email protected] An often-overlooked component of journalism is the psychological toll it can have on the people writing the news. When one thinks of jobs where one would run the...

American flags and a ribbon decorate a name carved into the north pool of the National September 11 Memorial on the 15th anniversary of the attacks of the World Trade Center, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016 in New York . (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Grissel: The utter failure of dogmatic liberalism

December 2, 2016

By HANNA GRISSEL [email protected] Earlier this month, Mark Lilla, a professor of humanities at Columbia University, published in the New York Times what he might consider a “leftists jab at...

Davis: Behind the mask of Masc4Masc

Davis: Behind the mask of Masc4Masc

December 1, 2016

By Grant Davis [email protected] While visiting home this past week, I became bored and decided to revisit the popular gay dating app Grindr. When using the app, I began to notice a very prominent...

Dugan: Authorities react to Standing Rock

Dugan: Authorities react to Standing Rock

December 1, 2016

By Jack Dugan [email protected] The Bismarck Tribune reported the other day that those who deliver supplies to the now-massive Standing Rock camp in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, could face fines...