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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

A COGS protester holds a sign in the Office of the President in Jessup Hall during a COGS protest on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017. (The Daily Iowan/Lily Smith)

Editorial: Assurance of graduate students’ benefits needed

February 21, 2017

Late last week, HF 291 was passed in the state Legislature, stripping public-employee unions of their right to collectively bargain. This means unionized employees such as public teachers and individuals...

Editorial: Important issues brought to light

Editorial: Important issues brought to light

February 17, 2017

Although the negatives of his presidency have far-outweighed the positives, Donald Trump deserves some credit for shedding light on important topics and bringing the country together on many issues. The...

Locals participate in a peaceful protest regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline at the Pentacrest on Monday, October 10, 2016. The protest happened from 12:30-1:30 that contained an open mic allowing people to speak their opinions. (The Daily Iowan/ Alex Kroeze)

Editorial: UI: Divest from Dakota Pipeline

February 16, 2017

Divesting movements have always been a pointed and effective mode of resistance in activism. Success in the past has been seen in the activism of the anti-apartheid movement and the struggle against strip...

Protesters demonstrate in the intersection of Clinton Street and Iowa Avenue while disrupting traffic on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. Community members carried signs and participated in chants against President-elect Donald Trump. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Editorial: Universities, students must actively oppose hate

February 3, 2017

Wednesday night at Ohio University, a group of protesters led by the Ohio University Student Union marched down the street and into the Baker Center, disrupting a Board of Trustees meeting with a sit-in...

Editorial: Trump’s wall and the American wallet

Editorial: Trump’s wall and the American wallet

February 1, 2017

In the first week of his presidency, President Trump confirmed both fears and hopes that he was serious about building a wall between the United States and Mexico. The issue is that, despite his campaign...

Editorial: White House comment line  must be turned back on

Editorial: White House comment line must be turned back on

January 31, 2017

For an undetermined amount of time now, the White House comment line has been closed. If you call the number, you receive a message: “Thank you for calling the White House comment line. The comment line...

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump after being appointed as Trump's ambassador to China during an event for President-Elect Donald J. Trump and Vice President-Elect Mike Pence in Des Moines on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. Trump and Pence are completing a Thank You tour across the country. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Editorial: Representative democracy in Trump’s view of America

January 25, 2017

The United States is less than a week into Donald Trump’s presidency, and if it is at all possible, the country is more divided now than it was prior to the inauguration. But the narrative of Trump’s...

President Donald J. Trump looks to supporters during an event for Trump and Vice President-Elect Mike Pence in Des Moines on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. Trump and Pence are completing a Thank You tour across the country. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Editorial: Press access to presidential briefings key to democracy

January 20, 2017

Then-President-elect Donald Trump capped off a maelstrom when he announced Wednesday that he will not move the daily White House briefing from the West Wing. That was a proposal originally thought up by...

Donald trump speaks to a room of more than a thousy and supporters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Thursday, July 28, 2016. Trump was joined by Iowa GOP members Joni Ernst, and Terry Branstad. (The Daily Iowan/Jordan Gale)

Editorial: Trump needs divestiture, not props

January 18, 2017

Last week, President-elect Donald Trump gave his first press conference since last summer. In the hourlong affair, Trump lashed out at CNN, denied rumors of risqué behavior in a Russian hotel, and brought...

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad is shown taking his oath into office at Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center-Ballroom on Friday, January 16, 2015. Branstad is entering his historic 6th term as Iowa's Governor. (The Daily Iowan/Sergio Flores)

Editorial: Students shoulder debt, yet again

January 17, 2017

As the state of Iowa looks at a projected loss of $100 million in revenues for the current fiscal year, Gov. Terry Branstad has proposed cuts in funding of the same magnitude across numerous areas of state...

This frame grab from Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016 video, shows Syrian soldiers walking among damaged buildings on a street filled with debris near the ancient Umayyad Mosque, in the Old City of Aleppo, Syria. A cease-fire deal between rebels and the Syrian government in the city of Aleppo has effectively collapsed, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, with fighter jets resuming their devastating air raids over the opposition's densely crowded enclave in the east of the city. The attacks threaten plans to evacuate the rebels and tens of thousands of civilians out of harm's way, in what would seal the opposition's surrender of the city. (AP Photo)

Editorial: Seeing, believing, humanity?

December 15, 2016

If seeing is believing, it follows that believing is seeing. As subjective creatures by nature, we humans are susceptible to confirmation bias, seeing only that which aligns with what we believe about...

FILE - In this Monday, June 27, 2016, file photo, philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, leaves after a meeting with France's President Francois Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Announced on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, an international group of institutions and wealthy executives, including Gates and Alibaba’s Jack Ma, are committing $1 billion to an investment fund that will support emerging energy technologies with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

Editorial: Improving on greenhouse gases

December 14, 2016

As a countrywide fear of the U.S. shying away from combating climate change grows in the shadows of a Trump presidency, others seem to be picking up the slack. Bill Gates, among other philanthropist-billionaires,...