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...
In the increasingly connected and globalized world we live in, it seems only natural that international incidents because of communication breakdown would become obsolete, at least between countries. Military...
“Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.”
— Noam Chomsky, Media Control: The Spectacular Achievement of Propaganda
Terrorism is a response. By nature, satellite...
Last week, The Daily Iowan reported that the state of Iowa was assigned a D-plus integrity grade by the Center for Public Integrity. According to its website, the center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative...
Use of heroin is on the rise across the United States. The highly addictive opioid has seen an estimated growth in users of 300,000 over the last decade, according to a study by the Centers for Disease...
On the evening of Nov. 13, six different locations throughout Paris became the targets of a coordinated, simultaneous terror attack. At least 132 people have been killed, according to French officials,...
It’s no secret that Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign is sputtering. In Iowa, his internal statistics still rest in the single digits — a ubiquitous statement to the detriment of his tactics, exacerbated...
The U.S. infrastructure, once the envy of the world, is now a crippled, crumbling network of neglect. Bridges, highways, railways, and dams are among the decaying structures that have faced chronic neglect....
Last night, the Fox Business Network held the fourth Republican debate. Featuring “only” seven candidates this time around, the debate allowed those on stage to show substantive differences in policy,...
The much-contested creation of the Keystone XL pipeline was resolved Nov. 6 with a decision by President Obama not to authorize construction. The proposed 1,179-mile pipeline between Hardisty, Alberta,...
“I kind of like the uphill fights, they keep you focused,” former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said. He does not speak like a presidential candidate who sits at the bottom of national polls. In...
After the last Republican debate, some have criticized the conduct of the moderators and the format of televised debates. Is it time for debates to change platforms?
Point: Move debates to social media...
