“Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.” — Noam Chomsky, Media Control: The Spectacular Achievement of Propaganda Terrorism is a response. By nature, satellite...

Keith Reed [email protected] If you’re a part of Generation Z (born 1995-2012), you may know all too well about the importance of technological devices. I know that I have spent many hours looking...

Christopher Cervantes [email protected] There’s a word that is tossed around nowadays in the so-called age of political correctness. It is the ultimate ammo when it comes to any high-profile argument...

Make clean energy a priority Studying sustainability and environmental planning at the University of Iowa, it is hard to ignore our lack of clean energy in Iowa. Reading about the degradation of our climate,...

Last week, The Daily Iowan reported that the state of Iowa was assigned a D-plus integrity grade by the Center for Public Integrity. According to its website, the center is a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative...

Sydney Newton [email protected] It seems the most discussed and debated question right now is whether we should let Syrian refugees into our country. After the tragedies in Paris, some people...

Samuel Studer [email protected] On Nov. 13, three teams of terrorist planned and carried out attacks at six different locations throughout Paris. These venues included a concert hall and at least...

Some, not ‘all’ Shame on The Daily Iowan. In the Tuesday, November 17 issue on the front page, there is a blatantly untrue statement. The caption under the photograph reads, in part: “Harreld has...

This week (Nov. 14-20), individuals and organizations around the country will participate in Transgender Awareness Week, an effort to recognize these individuals and bring the issues that transgender people...

Marcus Brown [email protected] History is inescapable. It lives in not only in words and thoughts but in the physical infrastructure that gives shape to our reality. We live in an all-encompassing...

Jacob Prall [email protected] In the aftermath of the Paris attacks, anti-immigration champions have new and powerful ammunition in their arsenal. Even the countries most open to taking in refugees,...

To our brothers and sisters at Mizzou, Yale, and beyond: An African proverb suggests that written history will always be his-story, the hunters-story, unless the lions learn to write, and you have done...