Joe Lane joseph-lane@uiowa.edu For many of the police departments of the United States, 2015 has been chaotic. Between reports of unnecessary force and the rapid expansion of the Black Lives Matter...

Jacob Prall prall.jacob@gmail.com Back in “my day,” kids didn’t have cell phones. They didn’t have access to the infinite wealth of knowledge, entertainment, and terror that is a cellular device...

Beau Elliot beauelliot@gmail.com As we all know, the Southwest and California are suffering through a major drought. However, there has been no drought in the number of jokes about having a dry sense...

Jace Brady jacebrady@gmail.com As it stands now, China has a population of 1.35 billion people, about four times the population of the United States. For decades, China has curbed its potentially unsustainable...

In African-American communities, there are many people who suffer from mental illnesses in silence. This is partly because of the cost along with the stigma tied to it, and the lack of representation for...

It’s Halloween weekend. Accompanying the spooky decorations, abundance of Disney’s Frozen characters and raised sugar intake is the conversation of cultural appropriation surrounding costumes. Cultural...

Hannah Soyer hannah-soyer@uiowa.edu Barbie has never been a favorite among those of us who strive to move society forward in regards to empowering women and spreading positive body-image messages....

Samuel Studer samuel-studer@uiowa.edu  Years of irresponsible management of money has left Puerto Rico in a serious debt crisis. Puerto Rico is similar to Greece in that it is highly indebted and locked...

Joe Lane joseph-lane@uiowa.edu “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of the free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed,” reads the Second...

Marcus Brown marcusvbrown@gmail.com On Sunday, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson graced us with yet another drastic comparison when casting light on his ideological standpoint, this time comparing...

Beau Elliot beauelliot@gmail.com You say Benghazi, I say Sham-nazzi, let’s call the whole thing off. If only we could. But that would be like stopping the rain today, or engineering the Solar System...

Jace Brady jacebrady@gmail.com There were major shifts in the Democratic Party race last week. Most importantly, Vice President Joe Biden has announced he will not seek the nomination and, less importantly,...