By Jacob Prall
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Protest. Americans have this powerful and important tool. Political change doesn’t come through silence but action; we must keep this right entrenched in our nation’s...
By Joe Lane
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Philando Castile is dead. And the only account we currently have indicates an unparalleled injustice.
Castile was killed by a police officer in the Minnesota town of...
By Beau Elliot
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Donald Trump — who presumably needs no introduction because he lives so often in the nation’s various media platforms that you have to wonder why he bothers to...
By Vivian Medithi
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On July 6, University of Iowa added personal pronouns as a category in student records, following in the lead of various other institutions to be more inclusive...
By Vivian Medithi
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Conversion therapy attempts to change LGBTQIA+ teens and children into cisgender, heterosexual kids. Or, as its proponents really think, normal kids. Conversion...
By Hanna Grissel
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On June 30, President Obama signed the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act of 2016, otherwise known as H.R. 5278. Prior to Obama’s...
By Sam Studer
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In Istanbul, there was an attack that killed 42 and injured another 239 people, according to CNN. Being abroad in Europe this summer made this hit extremely close to...
Jacob Prall
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Bureaucracy. The ugly B-word that turns smiles to sneers and pressing issues into paperwork. We live in a capitalist society, in which efficiency is the ideal we strive...
Support anti-big money proposal
Today, wealthy corporations and special-interest groups can spend limitless sums of money to influence our elections. It’s not surprising that more than 7 in 10 voters...
Beau Elliot
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As we delve, or dive, or disappear deeper into these days (or daze) of peculiar velocity, one thing becomes certain (or nearly certain, or kind of certain, or perhaps)...
Sam Studer
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Officials in the U.S. State Department want a new plan in Syria, and they gave President Obama the chance to help rectify the situation. Even though there was small chance...
By Hanna Grissel
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The Supreme Court handed down four monumental rulings this past week worth noting. The majority championed human rights and equality, while one simultaneously...
