With the GOP releasing its TV schedule for the 2016 presidential debates on Jan. 16, there were no immediate surprises when seeing the usual titans of TV that are to be used in broadcasting the Republican...

In what would appear to be a commonsense moment, city officials in Florida made a good call banning local law enforcement from using actual mug shots for their target practice. This was after it became...

Democratic senators are planning on introducing bills this session of the Iowa Legislature that would increase the minimum wage in Iowa from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour. However, they will likely face...

Eastern Europe teeters on the brink of war.  Fighting in Eastern Ukraine has cost nearly 5,000 lives since April, 2014. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko denounced Russia on Wednesday, accusing...

When the Cold War ended in the early 1990s, the result was not only a victory for the United States but a win for democracy across the globe. Liberal democracy, as a form of government, multiplied in countries...

Everybody has a hero. As little kids, heroes jumped out of comic books and chased away the bad guys. As we grew up, our heroes began to morph from spandex-clad men and women fighting street crime to more...

Earlier this month, the Iowa City Charter Review Commission held a special meeting, with an open forum for the public to comment in order to address some potential big changes to the City Council. However,...

Backing a tax increase on the wealthy, President Obama used the State of the Union address Tuesday night as a platform to voice his plan to build up a shrinking middle-class. Since Obama’s arrival...

America is called the “land of second chances” — I am not certain if that is really the case or not, but generally a certain level of compassion is granted to those who seek it a lot of the...

The nominees for the 2015 Oscars have sparked outrage among many, citing a lack of diversity among the acting nominees specifically. All 20 of the acting nominees were white, prompting concern over the...

Toward the tail end of the university’s winter break, UI President Sally Mason announced that she will step down from the position on Aug. 1. Mason was hired in 2007 by the state Board of Regents,...

I’ll never forget my first cab ride in college. I don’t often take taxis in Iowa City because nearly everything I need is a short walk or free Cambus ride away. However, last year, as our first semester...