While tanning is popular in the Western world, people in India work to give their skin a lighter look, most often by bleaching it. "Fairness creams," one of India's popular cosmetic items, have a market size of about $450 million.
Last week, conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA made headlines again after Communications Director Candace Owens came under fire for insensitive comments on suicide and the #MeToo movement. And although...
Norwegian lawmakers Christian Tybring-Gjedde and Per-Willy Amundsen nominated Trump for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his historic meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. The...
Beau Elliot
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It’s so easy to hate America.
Especially, but not necessarily limited to, white America.
It’s white America, after all, that owns most of the wealth....
Last week, The Daily Iowan ran the article “UI will continue to allow emotional-support animals despite discrediting study.” The article said the study “dispels the idea that emotional-support...
Glenn “Sonnie" Wooden Jr.
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I have always had a love/hate relationship with Anthony Bourdain. His “Parts Unknown” was and is one of my favorite shows. For me when I watched,...
The Core 4 of the Iowa City Council have indicated a potentially major shift for the future of development in Riverfront Crossings. At the May 29 meeting, they added “Review RFC Form Based Code, including...
To the University of Iowa Student Body,
In light of the recent experiences with sexual misconduct brought to light on social media regarding a University of Iowa student, I want to first and foremost...
When it comes to the topic of Drake vs. Pusha T, it seems like a no-brainer to me. Push is undoubtedly the better pound-for-pound rapper. He is one of the last true wordsmiths in the rap game today. Push’s...
Kate Spade. Then Anthony Bourdain. Merely days apart, the suicides of these icons in their respective fields left many questioning the merits of achieving fame and success. To many, it may seem as though...
A viral tweet by a UI student brings attention to the university administration’s continued inability to deal with sexual misconduct on campuses effectively.
Lucee Laursen
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It...
A string of recent celebrity suicides has sparked questions about the state of mental-health resources in America. Just last week, longtime storyteller and television chef Anthony Bourdain, as well as...
