The discovery of several 2013 contracts given to “a prominent GOP consultant for polling and social-media services” by the University of Iowa has caused controversy and brings renewed emphasis on calls...
Two degrees Celsius is the magic number, the catastrophic, irreversible temperature shift that scientists warn could change the world in unending and devastating ways. The world is halfway to that mark,...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was named Time’s Person of the Year last week for her “open door” policy on refugees heading into her country. But she’s making headlines again for two seemingly...
In today’s economy, the value of a liberal arts education seems to be continually in question. Should students focus on more “practical” studies, or is there reason to maintain the liberal-arts tradition?
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As climate-change discussions continue in Paris at the climate conference, the most important fuel in the world, oil — a leading cause of the need for the confab in the first place — is instigating...
The nation’s police are under heavy scrutiny, and in Iowa, there’s no exception. Body cameras on active officers have been fully implemented in Coralville, North Liberty, and Iowa City.The University...
On Sunday, President Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office to speak on how he plans to combat the issue of terrorism in the wake of attacks both domestic and abroad. A tangible sense of foreboding...
In today’s political climate, it often seems that not only can we not agree on how to solve a problem, we can’t even agree on what the problem is. Such is the case with race playing a factor in college...
It appears the fishermen are lifting their nets — dragnets, that is. Like any good angler, they’ll mark down the hot spot for next season. But was their catch worth it?
For the NSA, heading back to...
On Monday, the Iowa City City Council approved much needed-authorization for funding of a new temporary homeless shelter. The council OK’d a contribution of $20,000, with the possibility of an additional...
Where money for Medicare comes from is often under scrutiny, but what about where it goes? An incentive program that began in 2011 through the Affordable Care Act is coming to an end, and it will hit the...
Monday marked the beginning of Conference of Parties, a global climate-change conference in Paris. Last year’s conference in Lima, Peru, ended with a draft of a document called the “Lima Call for Climate...
