On June 5th, former Hawkeye football player James Daniels tweeted that “There are too many racial disparities in the Iowa football program. Black players have been treated unfairly for far too long.”
After...
With the death of George Floyd by the police, another name is added to the list of Black people killed unnecessarily by police officers, sparking protests that have swept the nation. While during any...
The Iowa City Police Department attacked the people it is sworn to protect and serve. People were gassed and flashbanged. Videos were recorded and uploaded. Social media lit up.
Some online reactions...
We, the members of the Department of Anthropology, stand in unreserved solidarity with Black people of this country as they confront organizations that perpetuate racialized violence and institutionalize...
To President Harreld and all University of Iowa administrators,
My name is Isabella Senno and I am a recent UI graduate. I’m writing today to demand that the UI cease contractual agreements with...
Iowa’s northern neighbor is the current epicenter of a centuries-long infliction of violence and oppression against Black Americans.
On Memorial Day, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man was...
As the Iowa principal investigator for SPARK, UI associate professor of psychiatry, and board member of the Autism Society of Iowa, I have had a front row seat to the community response as we have conducted...
Dear Seniors,
The last time I saw any of you, it was March — not even Saint Patrick’s Day. In a lot of ways, it seems like a whole different world.
I know this semester has been strange for you....
At the beginning of the series it briefly discusses animal abuse and what each person in the documentary thinks of it. One major consensus though is that those who have cats don’t believe they are...
“I can’t imagine why any news person would want to talk to somebody who can only talk through a machine. How boring.”
This is a quote from Melody, a character with cerebral palsy, in one of...
Like any Generation Z, or Millennial — I was born in 2000, so I branch that weird gap between the two — I am glued to either my smartphone, laptop, or gaming controller. Yes, I will proclaim to...
High school athletics are a crucial thread in the social fabric that binds our state, and our country, together as a whole. They are even more important than professional sports because young adults...
