Valentine’s Day is a holiday that fills countless hearts with joy every year. However, there are millions of others across the country who still have to go through the tragic ordeal of getting dressed...

Iowa House Democrats introduced a bill last month that would raise the state’s minimum wage to $10.10 by 2016. The proposal closely resembles a national plan favored by many congressional Democrats,...

The best tests of stringent moral principles, the type that simply cannot be compromised, are whether those principles stand up in the most morally black-and-white situations. Because if they don’t...

People in America have had access to the HPV vaccine for around eight years now. However, data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention show that even after all these years, only one-third of...

The untimely death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman from an apparent heroin overdose has brought a new dimension to the public discussion of drug-policy enforcement: the struggle of those addicted to heroin...

Now that the ruckus about that Coke ad during the Super Bowl has died down, perhaps we can turn our attention to less weighty matters. Such as, is “winningest” really a word? and even if some...

Michael Sam, an All-American defensive lineman from the University of Missouri, came out on Sunday. In April, he’ll almost certainly be the first openly gay NFL draftee. Among cynics, there are...

It is becoming increasingly clear that the appropriate adjective to describe the state of Iowa’s road infrastructure is dismal. The American Society of Civil Engineers issued a report last year slamming...

It’s old news that conditions for athletes, reporters, and spectators in Sochi are less than ideal. The first page of Google search results for “Sochi” provides a pretty even split between...

Summer vacations … football games … first dates … roughhousing with siblings — Hannah Travis dances so that children can experience these ordinary life events. How Hannah and her fellow Hawkeyes...

Author J.K. Rowling made headlines this week when she said she thought Hermione Granger should have married Harry Potter, not Ron Weasley? Did she make a mistake or get it right the first time? She made...

Whenever someone asks, “Why is there no white history month?,” I’d like to think they’re joking. But to many, it’s a legitimate question. Sure, there are holidays and months...