An overhaul is on the horizon in the Iowa City City Council. As a result, a local alliance of self-identified “progressives” claimed the four open council seats. By using campaign tactics targeted...
With the Paris Climate Summit set for December, French President François Hollande has made a visit to China to make a pre-emptive push for a more aggressive modification to the current national pledges...
Russian climates are known the world over as some of the most disparate extremes. Before another winter is upon him, Edward Snowden may have somewhere new to reside in the following months. Protection...
After a tumultuous two months following his selection, University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld will come to campus today to officially start his job. In those two months, Harreld has faced criticism...
Five newcomers and three incumbents will duke it out at the polls for four positions in the Iowa City City Council. The issues in contention this election primarily revolve around community transparency,...
Last week, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry revealed a series of steps to de-escalate the tension that has sprung up in Israel over the past few weeks. The plans came after Kerry’s meeting with Israeli,...
Last year, a former Aldi was turned into an emergency homeless center. The program, funded by Johnson County, is considered a successful one, helping hundreds escape the deadly cold of Iowa winter nights....
In the latest development of the rapidly developing refugee crisis in which millions of migrants from the Middle East and Africa have made an overwhelming exodus to European nations, Slovenia has warned...
On Sunday, Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie said the rhetoric of Black Lives Matter included “calling for the murder of police officers,” and as a result, he didn’t think the movement...
Some residents of Iowa City have likened to calling their city “People’s Republic of Johnson County.” Despite the populist imagery, local government ideologies and practices do not necessarily echo...
On Oct 3, A U.S. air strike in Kunduz, Afghanistan, left 22 dead and 37 wounded. The strike, carried out by a USAF AC 130, was intended for the Taliban. The shells it sent down did not find any Taliban...
Last week, British news source Express provided a terrifying quote about ISIS from Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, the former head of the British Army nuclear team.
According to the article, Bretton-Gordon...
