The synthetic and auto-tuned femininity of such acts as Carly Rae Jepsen, Charli XCX, and Kim Petras are polarizing. Their sound returns to what worked in decades earlier, with tracks from Jepsen’s E•MO•TION...
A pedestrian, a stray cat, and a “scooterist” — without these three, I am certain that the whole of Tel Aviv would spontaneously combust. Even though my walk from the bus stop to work is only three...
Gun violence has plagued this country for far too long. What should have been dealt with long ago has now, sadly, become near commonplace — not only in our schools and places of worship but in our low-income...
“To be, or not to be, that is the question.” The line has been spoken countless times by some of the world’s top actors. Yet, with each utterance, it is said with a whole new meaning. Similarly the...
“I believe in the gay power. I believe in us getting our rights, or else I would not be out there fighting for our rights … I have been thrown in jail. I have lost my job. I have lost my apartment...
June is LGBTQ Pride Month in commemoration of New York’s Stonewall riots, which took place on June 28, 1969. In the years that followed that date, the concept of pride and how it is represented, not...
The history of Asian Americans in Hollywood is rocky to say the least. From being simply missing from the silver screen to being recast and whitewashed to being trapped in inauthentic roles, Asian Americans...
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, Food & Water Watch, and Public Justice have filed a lawsuit against the State of Iowa because we have waited long enough for clean water in Iowa. Voluntary...
My taxi driver pulled out his phone and began checking his stocks while weaving in and out of traffic on the freeway that leads into central Tel Aviv. It’s like he knew that the jet lag would cloud...
Say, Doc Grammar,
What say you about these Mexican tariffs? Loco o bueno?
Dear Say,
Say Hey. (In acknowledgment of the greatest baseball player of all time.) No hablo trade stuff.
But. Doesn’t it...
“Ah, it’s probably nothing,” I’ve learned, is probably not the best attitude to have toward automobile-related predicaments. It was around 8:45 a.m., if I recall correctly; my head was carefully...
The 2018-19 school year brought many promises to new and returning students at the University of Iowa. But with the promise of a new beginning — ushered in with the semester’s syllabi and countless...
