As Iowa’s commissioner of elections, I take the integrity of our elections and every voter’s personal data very seriously. You can be assured that the state’s elections systems are protected, and...
Dear Hawkeyes:
Today, we celebrate a tradition our campus bears witness to each August, in which students from all walks of life converge on campus, swarming the Pentacrest as each hurries to their first...
I no longer have students in my family going to our public schools. But as a former Iowa City city councilor and current University of Iowa faculty member, here’s why I encourage you to vote yes for...
Call me Frightened Fran, Nervous Nellie, or Scared Sally, or all of the above. I do not care, for I am all of them. Our nation is facing the most terrifying times. I am not a politician, only a rather...
July 20 was the six-month anniversary of Donald Trump being our 45th president; it’s time to evaluate our president’s actions.
Actions worthy of an A grade:
• Trump’s greatest victory was the...
The Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System is at risk from Republican shenanigans.
Once again, Republicans in the Legislature are inviting an out-of-state attack on the economic security of Iowa families.
Their...
Current leaders claim to be Christian while destroying the lives of those around them following their faith.
Seventy-eight percent of Iowans are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, or Hindu, and 21 percent...
Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst are ducking the public in their continued avoidance of discussing the Better Care Reconciliation Act.
During his weeklong Fourth of July recess, Sen. Chuck Grassley...
The Better Care Reconciliation Act and the proposed cuts to Medicaid would hurt Iowans, especially those living in rural areas of the state.
Although he doesn’t know it, my patient Daryl will soon be...
Now that the Senate’s health-care bill has come out from behind closed doors so that it can be examined, it is quite apparent that this bill threatens to cause great harm to Iowans and our country.
Thanks...
Great Depression. Pearl Harbor. 9/11. Sandy Hook. June 14’s Alexandria, Virginia, shooting of Republican congressmen. The list of tragic events Americans have witnessed is endless.
It’s during troubling...
The mission of Fox News was to make the United States a Third World state, with a “strong man” (fascist) as its president to continue neoliberalism. To ensure the mission, “In 2010, Rupert Murdoch...
