The House and Senate adjourned Tuesday evening without reaching an agreement to fund and reopen the federal government. The Republican-controlled House refused to pass a budget resolution unless it delays...

The following column contains “Breaking Bad” spoilers. Sunday evening marked the end of AMC’s “Breaking Bad,” which was considered through most of its five seasons to be...

While English or history majors probably won’t fiddle with programming during their time at the university, they will, for all of their classes, use some sort of computer-related technology. Whether...

On Nov. 5, Iowa City voters will choose, once again, between a safer, vibrant downtown and the profit motives of a small number of bar owners. Unless the community votes “no” on the referendum...

Today, more than three years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, Americans finally saw the implementation of one of its key provisions: the health-insurance marketplaces. This will allow people...

So the government is going to shut down, and all the pandas will die. Well, OK, you’re right — only the pandas in America will die; the Chinese pandas won’t much notice if the U.S. government shuts...

The University of Iowa Hawkeye Poll is preparing to go into the field this November. Because there aren’t many terribly important election races to follow this year, some may be hesitant to assign any...

As the leaves start to turn colors and the temperature drops, the unmistakable fall atmosphere is settling in. And with it comes a growing phenomenon: government shutdown season. As it so happens, shutdown...

A new poll from the Des Moines Register provides a look into the heads of Iowa’s Republican voters as they fantasize about the 2016 election, and there appears to be considerable disagreement about...

Whenever I tell someone that I am majoring in computer science, I usually get very surprised looks, because it’s relatively uncommon for women to pursue careers in the hard sciences. The underrepresentation...

A new report suggests that that for all their progress, Iowa’s women are still a long way from achieving meaningful equality. The State of Women report from the liberal-leaning Center for American...

Who needs government to segregate people? They do a great job of it themselves. Seriously. Take my old high school in a midsize Iowa town for example. About one-third of the students were Latino, and...