By Helaina Thompson [email protected] Last month, the Democratic and Republican 2016 National Conventions addressed recent instances of gun violence — from Sandy Hook Elementary to Baton Rouge...

By Marcus Brown [email protected] On Tuesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration made steps to continue the trend set December 2015 when it comes to restrictions placed upon prospective male blood...

By Hanna Grissel [email protected] The Trump campaign admitted that Melania Trump’s plagiarized speech was just that, plagiarized [cnn.com]. What’s distasteful is the way the critiques were...

By Vivian Medithi [email protected] Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has ended licensing for natural hair braiding in Iowa, a victory for many African-Americans and African immigrants in the state. Previously,...

By Marcus Brown [email protected] Following the aftermath of the nearly 20,000 emails leaked by WikiLeaks outlining purposeful attempts by the Democratic National Committee to sabotage presidential...

BY HELAINA THOMPSON [email protected] Piles of furniture delegated to the curb, U-Hauls parked on every corner, and longer lines at Bluebird Cafe mean one thing in Iowa City: Another school...

By Jacob Prall [email protected] Russia — what a success story at the Sochi Olympics in 2014. They took home more medals than any other country, an incredible feat. And it would have been all the...

By Beau Elliot [email protected] Apparently, we’d all better rush out and build bunkers now, because America is under attack. That’s the state of our universe, at least according to Donald Trumpahontas,...

Melania Trump gave a speech at the Republican National Convention on July 18. Trump, a white Slovenian immigrant with something of an accent, went on stage to speak about her and Donald Trump’s values....

By Vivian Medithi [email protected] While most people know about the effect of deforestation in the Amazon rain forest on global warming, few worry about trees in our own backyards. But the environmental...

By Jacob Prall [email protected] If you search for the term “incumbent” in a dictionary, you might well find a picture of Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad grinning wide. His entrenched political power...

By Helaina Thompson [email protected] What do genetically modified organisms and QR codes have in common? There are better things to worry about. On July 14, Congress passed a bill requiring...