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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Coltrain: Back home to gentrification

Coltrain: Back home to gentrification

Travis Coltrain, [email protected] June 14, 2017

Hailing from Miami, I loved the Coconut Grove area for a long time, especially when my father and I decided to move there in 2014. We both loved the artsy, homelike, and free feeling the Grove had to...

Voters register to vote in the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center in Iowa City on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. Iowa voters could register at their polling places. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Schrichfield: Misconceptions about Trump voters

June 13, 2017

By Stephen Schrichfield [email protected] Unless you’ve been lost in the Himalayas since November, the phrase “white working-class voter” has probably been forced into your vocabulary...

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Williams: Behavioral science and the government

June 13, 2017

By Dan Williams [email protected] When President Trump took office nearly five months ago, he disbanded the Social and Behavioral Sciences Team, which was created by President Barack Obama in September...

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Elliot: Gravitus floats away, thinly

June 13, 2017

By Beau Elliot [email protected] While you were gone, nothing much happened. Oh, some more Arctic ice melted. Oh, well, who cares about polar bears? Until they come here, seeking cooler weather....

File photo (The Daily Iowan/Osama Khalid)

Guest Opinion: Healthier soil is key to cleaner water

June 13, 2017

Moratorium on livestock expansion would be a serious mistake. I spent more than six years as a commissioner on the Environmental Protection Commission. Members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement...

(File Photo) Supporters raise signs as Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump welcomes fans during an event at McGrath Amphitheatre in Cedar Rapids on Friday, October 28, 2016. An estimated four thousand supporters were in attendance according to the Cedar Rapids police. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Trump’s learning curve

June 12, 2017

Zach Weigel [email protected] Being a leader is difficult. You must find a way to get your message across and to persuade others that your vision is worthy. And given that the American president...

(File Photo) President-Elect Donald J. Trump gestures while speaking during an event for President-Elect Donald J. Trump and Vice President-Elect Mike Pence in Des Moines on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016. Trump and Pence are completing a Thank You tour across the country. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Guest Opinion: Withdrawal from Paris Accord harmful to America

June 12, 2017

The announcement by President Trump on his intention to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement is a disturbing decision from an administration increasingly known for disturbing decisions. The potential...

(File Photo) Johnson Countys Administrative Building is seen on Tuesday, September 13, 2016. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Editorial: Local support for Paris Accord necessary

June 12, 2017

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution this past week to commit to the Paris Climate Agreement, a week after President Trump announced his plans for the U.S. to withdraw from the...

Children play in the water fountain while Judd Hayes from NextGen Climate holds a sign on the Pedestrian Mall prior to their anti Donald Trump protest on Thursday, July 21, 2016.  NextGen organized four protests in Iowa against the Republican nominee in Des Moines, Ames, Iowa City and Waterloo. (The Daily Iowan/Joseph Cress)

Townsend: Be an activist this summer

The beginning of this semester coincided with the inauguration of Donald Trump. The semester looked bleak to much of the student body. It soon became nearly impossible to turn on the news, or even a social-media...

Williams: What’s in a swastika?

Williams: What’s in a swastika?

Dan William, [email protected] May 11, 2017

On May 5, the same day I published an article arguing that the alt-right advertisement found in the Main Library should not cause us undue worry, a university-wide email was sent out informing everyone...

Guest Opinion: Campus jobs: They are what you make of them

Guest Opinion: Campus jobs: They are what you make of them

May 11, 2017

On Thursday, University of Iowa student Wylliam Smith wrote an opinion piece on how student jobs do not prepare people for the “real world.” Any job you have in the future, any job, is going to allow...

Constituents leave Johnson Hall basketball arena after a town hall meeting at the Cedar Rapids Kirkwood campus on Wednesday, May 10. Blum fielded questions from constituents and crowd members. Earlier in the week Blum walked out of ABC affiliate KCRG-TVs interview prior to a town hall, sparking national headlines. (The Daily Iowan/Ben Smith)

Coltrain: Here are the real issues with TrumpCare

Recently, the American Health Care Act, the new GOP replacement bill for the Affordable Care Act, was narrowly approved by the House of Representatives. Following this, many critics of the Trump administration...

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