As a native Iowan, I don’t want to admit it. I tried for the longest time to justify Iowa’s first in the nation status during presidential campaigns. Setting my Iowa biases aside, I'll finally...
On the day I boarded my international flight from Pittsburgh to Antigua, there were 155,705 new cases of COVID-19 in the United States.
It was Jan. 25. For almost everyone else at the University...
Iowa should invest in nuclear energy to combat the harmful effects of climate change.
Currently, there are no operating nuclear power plants in Iowa — the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo closed...
Gabe Conley, Opinions Contributor
• March 18, 2021
The Iowa men’s basketball team begins its March Madness campaign on Saturday, and fans have every reason to be restless in counting down the hours until the second-seeded Hawkeyes tip off. After...
After the hate crime that took place in Atlanta on Tuesday night, my friends reached out to me the following morning asking me questions like “how are you feeling?” and “are you OK?”
At...
It’s not enough to just tell people to help others in dangerous situations — we need a law making them legally obligated to do so.
The Iowa Senate passed a bill, Senate File 243, that would...
Evan Mantler, Opinions Contributor
• March 15, 2021
A bill that would increase penalties for protest-related charges passed the Iowa Senate on March 10 along party lines. Reacting to this summer’s protests, the bill does not explicitly infringe on...
Iowa women have called for expanded access to birth control, but Iowa legislators didn’t respond until 2019. The Iowa General Assembly threw away the opportunity to make contraceptives available...
Signe Nettum, Opinions Contributor
• March 14, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new information and guidelines on March 3 for those who are fully vaccinated — meaning two weeks post-second shot. I teared up. I can see my...
The predatory policies of banks like Lehman Brothers, CitiGroup, and JP Morgan Chase contributed to one of the largest financial crises as millions of people were given loans that they possibly could...
If there’s anything to come out of Iowa’s legislative session, it’s that social justice reform made during the summer wasn’t the commitment we thought it was. While Iowans continue to call...
During the pandemic, the sweetest tradition at the University of Iowa dances on.
Dance Marathon 27 raised $1.4 million at their virtual Big Event. The Big Event may be over, but we must continue...
