A showdown between America’s tech companies and the U.S. government has been brewing largely behind the scenes. Agencies such as the FBI have requested user information from entities such as Google,...
The total amount of money owed because of student loans is at an all-time high in the United States. Burdened college students across the nation view the debt as a source of constant anxiety, sitting like...
Scott Kelly is a bona fide American hero. He is an American astronaut who has spent more than 500 days in space across six missions. Most recently, he just passed 320-consecutive days on the Space Station...
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead on Feb. 13 at a ranch in West Texas, where he was a guest. Scalia, 79, was a prominent conservative member of the court, and was well-known for his tendency...
Despite the imperative need for the reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions globally, the Supreme Court has made the decision to block power plants from being forced to follow to emission limits set out...
On Tuesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., won the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary. Sanders’s victory in the Granite State will bring his name to national attention as South Carolina, Nevada,...
Point: Yes, regulation isn’t enough
Last week, a column by Steve Eisman ran in the New York Times titled “Don’t Break Up the Banks. They’re Not Our Real Problem.” This comes on...
Last week, the Associated Press reported that Chris Perkins, who conducted social research for the University of Iowa, “warned the university … a year ago that its public standing was suffering from...
The current presidential race has solidified the emerging post-Great Recession political landscape. A Pew Research poll published Feb. 4 highlighted public attitudes that have shaped the rhetoric of the...
On Feb. 3, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter made an assertion about the top threat facing America that has surprised some. The No. 1 national-security threat, in Carter’s view, is not ISIS, North...
President Obama made his first trip to a mosque as president on Wednesday in Baltimore in an effort to promote fair treatment of Muslims in this country and reinforce the message that freedom of religion...
On Monday night, several Daily Iowan Opinions columnists went to local caucuses and had very different takeaways from their experience.
Was it worth it?
I almost didn’t go to caucus. Amid the line...
