Let’s start by saying what we don’t know. White people have no idea what it means to grow up black in this country. To say otherwise is to stand on a promontory that projects into the great...

Democratic presidential-nomination candidate Hillary Clinton is now facing pressure to reveal her stance on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and whether President Obama should authorize such a deal. The...

On Jan. 10, 2013, Bryan Oliver, a junior attending Taft Union High School in Taft, California, made a desperate and violent decision. He went to school that morning with a 12-guage shotgun and attempted...

A court hearing is scheduled for this week on the topic of the Department of Homeland Security’s controversial Standard Operating Procedure 303, otherwise known as the “cell phone kill switch.”...

The death penalty is somehow still implemented in the United States. China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the United States carried out 88 percent of death penalty executions in 2007, according to Northwestern...

The latest and greatest fear is upon us in the agriculture and food industry. The USDA has confirmed nearly 10 million cases of bird flu exist in the state of Iowa alone, giving broadcast journalists and...

Thursday was Phil’s Day at the University of Iowa, a day in which the virtues of philanthropy are spread around campus through advocates and distinctive yellow tape. As UI President Sally Mason...

In the civilized world, a movement or a demonstration can be effective in bringing about change if it has two qualities: a real grievance that others can sympathize with and nonviolent. During the civil-rights...

According to a Daily Iowan article published on Wednesday, Regent and University of Iowa alumnus Robert Downer has reached the end of his term. Along with Downer, Regent Hannah Walsh — a UI student representative...

Private support has made my experience at the University of Iowa possible, in ways too numerable to mention. Philanthropy has touched nearly every significant moment in my time at Iowa — but I will limit...

I remember seeing the black-and-gold “PHIL WAS HERE” signs for the first time when I was a freshman, walking across the Pentacrest. Back then, I did not know it was Phil’s Day, who Phil...

Celebrate Phil We’re hearing more and more about the “sharing economy” these days. It’s great to see so many innovations based on cooperation, peer-to-peer exchanges, and the potential...