Chris Higgins [email protected] BEIJING — Not long ago, my mom texted me, asking what I wanted for dinner Tuesday evening. Well, “supper,” rather, given her Iowa roots. I requested hash browns,...

In the swarming fury of Donald Trump headlines, simultaneously feeding his gluttonous quotes while regurgitating exactly what they thirst for, an underlying fallacy arises between his rhetoric and business...

Despite the horrifying cliché of beginning any written content with a definition, I feel it appropriate. Merriam-Webster defines “feminism” as “the belief that men and women should have...

BEIJING — Not long ago, my mom texted me, asking what I wanted for dinner Tuesday evening. Well, “supper,” rather, given her Iowa roots. I requested hash browns, which I’ve been craving,...

There is one word that is tossed around continually. From a child’s birth to her or his adulthood, there are persistent lessons and teachings about the word “respect.” Whether it is respecting...

In a globalized world, everything fluid in a nation seems to ebb and flow through its borders, connected through trade, culture, information, and conflict. Everything but human beings, it seems. Immigrants...

Recently, there has been a lot of talk about Johnson County raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. This is a step that is going to set course for our community to progress in the right direction —...

It is, as it turns out, 1960. More than 40 years removed from the heart of the American Civil Rights Movement, the United States is back in the thick of racial tension. On July 19, 2013, President Obama...

On Sanchez: More guns, more problems More guns does sound a bit like making things better for all, by more money to Donald Trump, who says he has taken in 10 billion bucks and wants to be president for...

Adding to the litany of rampage killings experienced in the United States, the shooting that resulted in the death of two and injury of nine in Lafayette, Louisiana, last week has reignited the need for...