By Emily Van Kirk [email protected] Marie La Pen in France and Viktor Orban in Hungary are successful far-right party members in Europe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s recent electoral decline...

By Joe Lane [email protected] We are now fewer than two weeks away from one of the most anticipated presidential elections in U.S. history. Whether that anticipation stems from a complete disgust...

By Beau Elliot [email protected] “Nasty woman,” huh?   Good work, there, Trumpster. Your two words in the final “debate” managed to produce a tsunami of “Nasty woman” logos on T-shirts,...

By Hannah Soyer [email protected] I am a very large supporter of individual choices and the right for individuals to make choices in regard to their own lives. Though, in the context of California’s...

By Marcus Brown [email protected] My opinion of Airbnb has fluctuated wildly in the past few years, and it has been affected both by the company’s rapid growth and my own personal investments...

By Zach Weigel [email protected] It may come as a surprise to some, but the online marketplace Amazon is becoming just as diverse as the actual Amazon forest. Amazon offers more than just a way...

By Vivian Medithi [email protected] On Oct. 22, the Log Cabin Republicans, a prominent LGBT group in the GOP, refused to endorse Donald Trump for president. The group is a national grass-roots...

By Hanna grissel [email protected] There’s an ill-recognized war taking place in Yemen, one that the Saudi-led coalition has been enmeshed in since early 2015. Disagreements regarding regime...

Last week, Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. It was as well-deserved as any other Nobel Prize that has been issued in recent memory; if not more so. Dylan became the first American...

By Helaina Thompson [email protected] “Exiting the room is against our policy. Please return to your mat,” the instructor said, blocking the doorway. I was dehydrated and dizzy, a healthy...

Last week, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization backed a motion that effectively invalidated a Jewish connection to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Instead, UNESCO, the...

The University of Iowa police were called to Burge Residence Hall on Oct. 15 after they received a call from a student who reported having received a text from a friend saying there was an “active shooter...