On May 12, the Iowa City School Board will discuss the many proposals for redistricting the high schools. These new boundaries would take effect in 2017 with the opening of the new Liberty High, which...

As the time for final exams and final grades approaches, students’ anxiety about GPAs and jobs starts to ratchet up. Surprisingly, instructors can also become anxious about final grades at semester’s...

After seemingly endless rhetoric from our congressional representatives on cutting government spending, it looks like some are finally getting serious about doing it. On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed...

Recent events in Baltimore have brought a lot of law enforcement policies, actions, or habits into the national dialogue yet again. One aspect of law enforcement, specifically Maryland law enforcement,...

As I approached a voluminous room at the Marriott in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, I was greeted by a line of people that stretched around the hallway. After waiting and gradually making my way inside, I was...

Look out — an increasingly complex web of things may turn you gay. At least, that’s what many on the right contend, including presidential hopeful Ben Carson. Carson, a neurosurgeon and GOP presidential...

On Tuesday, President Obama announced the creation of “My Brother’s Keeper Alliance.” The nonprofit is a spinoff of a previous White House initiative put in place to increase opportunities...

In current day Denver, a cashier at any one of the many dispensaries will gladly (and legally) send you on your way with a warm, friendly smile and seven grams of marijuana. If you’re a resident...

In an interview with the New York Times on May 2, Ann Ravel, the chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission, bluntly stated, “People think the FEC is dysfunctional. It’s worse than dysfunctional.”...

On Sunday, two men opened fire with automatic rifles at a Texas exhibit of depictions of the Prophet Muhammad. The shooting is a reflection of what happened in Paris, when 12 people were shot and killed...

The PEN American Center, an association of prominent literary writers and editors, decided to award the French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo for “freedom of expression courage,” but as of now,...

Sunday was recognized in the journalism realm as World Press Freedom Day. In this context, Alison Bethel-McKenzie, an Al Jazeera America Board of Directors member, wrote an opinion piece on the decline...