Grassley’s obstruction of the Supreme Court
I agree with the Feb. 16 Des Moines Register editorial “Grassley’s Supreme Court stance is all about politics.” Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the...
University of Iowa students, faculty, staff and alumni, and for that matter the citizens of Iowa generally, have been treated in recent months to vague and insubstantial comments by newly appointed President...
Marcus Brown
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Finding myself halfway through Black History Month with the end of President’s Obama second term fast approaching, I can’t help but feel sentimental. Every...
The total amount of money owed because of student loans is at an all-time high in the United States. Burdened college students across the nation view the debt as a source of constant anxiety, sitting like...
Joe Lane
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Last week, The Daily Iowan reported that Sen. David Johnson, R-Ocheyedan, proposed a bill that would require Iowa State and the University of Iowa to pay $20 million over...
Sydney Newton
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In today’s campus environment, college students are changing and clamoring for progress constantly, as the results of a recent study done by researchers from...
Hannah Soyer
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Alan Pean, 26, checked himself into a hospital in August 2015 seeking treatment for an episode he was having relating to his bipolar disorder. But instead of receiving...
Scott Kelly is a bona fide American hero. He is an American astronaut who has spent more than 500 days in space across six missions. Most recently, he just passed 320-consecutive days on the Space Station...
Keith Reed
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On the heels of Beyoncé’s performance at the Super Bowl, where she referenced the Black Panthers, I’m reminded of a speech delivered by Huey Newton on the liberation...
In the Feb. 8, DI, the Daily Iowan Editorial Board’s decided to back “Obama’s proposal” as prudent, “ targeting the No. 1 national-security threat … Russia.”
This is Yellow Journalism.
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By the people, for the people
The fly in the ointment of our republican form of government is a Republican-controlled Congress that thwarts government of the people, by the people, and for the people...
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead on Feb. 13 at a ranch in West Texas, where he was a guest. Scalia, 79, was a prominent conservative member of the court, and was well-known for his tendency...
