On June 5, 2020, shortly after the tragic and unjust killing of George Floyd, I stood on a bench in front of the lawn facing the University of Iowa medical school building, and addressed one of the...
Let me at the outset state that what Hamas did on Oct. 7, 2023, is an act of terrorism on the innocent civilians of Israel. This is a deplorable act and the persons who carried it out should be brought...
The University of Iowa pays poverty-level wages to graduate workers despite incredible fundraising and an endowment of over $3 billion. The Board of Regents has increased tuition yet again and is desperately...
Ames. 2014. I was eagerly anticipating the Iowan Spring to blossom following long winter months. They were unlike anything I had experienced in my part of the world before. The sight of snow in the...
Focusing on your health and wellbeing is the best medicine you can get. Health care professionals around the world are now incorporating functional medicine into their practice. Functional medicine...
What type of headache am I having?
Headaches can ruin a good day, and while we often use “headache” as a general term, there are different types of headaches. Tension headaches and migraines...
To the Iowa City Community School District and Johnson County at large,
The potential closure of Hills Elementary would be devastating to the community, students, and future students of this small town....
This week, The Des Moines Register published an op-ed written by Lauris Kaldjian, who is a medical ethics professor at University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, supporting Senate File 2286. The...
Iowans before us understood why the legal liabilities and complex policies inherent to library (First Amendment) services require specific and robust management to successfully steward collections,...
Last week, entrepreneur Bradley Tusk told a crowd at the Old Capitol that America should implement nationwide online voting.
A longtime Internet voting promoter, Tusk announced that he will publish...
Last fall, the Executive Committee of the University of Iowa chapter of The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) became concerned, and then alarmed, about the UI administration’s proposed...
Laura Bergus
In the summer of 2020, after the murder of George Floyd, Iowa City made our rejection of discrimination clear. Our city made national news as peaceful protesters — many who were children...
