The drama club at Ottumwa High School raised some eyebrows when the members decided they wanted to stage The Laramie Project, a play by Moisés Kaufman about the real-life challenges faced by the town...

A June study from the University of Iowa’s Public Policy Center found that only 3 percent of Iowa’s children were without health insurance as of 2010. That figure is down from 6 percent in...

Somebody’s uncle once told me that great power comes with great responsibility. So it makes me flinch when I hear people such as Gov. Terry Branstad are not using their power in a responsible —...

Why does the meaning of “allude” elude so many people who are, presumably, native English speakers? Just wondering. Because I don’t want to wonder about the death of Trayvon Martin...

Last month, the Iowa Supreme Court made a rare move in announcing it would reconsider the case, without any new evidence being proposed, of Melissa Nelson — a dental assistant in Webster County who was...

An article in Sunday’s Des Moines Register claimed that "the recession slammed Iowa’s wealthiest residents the hardest of any income group." In a way, that’s true. The Register’s data...

I am Texan. I was born on the South Side of Dallas, into a home turned poor, in which every dollar was accounted, prayed, and fought for. I came to Iowa for opportunity, so that I could start over and...

The University of Iowa hosted a public forum Thursday featuring the first of three finalists for the UI’s vice presidency for Strategic Communication, a position that will be crucial to the ongoing...

The Bijou will team up with FilmScene to operate an independent cinema in downtown Iowa City, and I couldn’t be more excited.   The Bijou’s board and student members will work alongside...

BEIJING — The air was so clear up there. The sky wasn’t coated with a gray blanket of smog, and the Sun poked and prodded its way through a few clouds, shining onto my back. Even without directly...

On Tuesday, the Iowa City School Board put off a decision on two proposals for a long-term facilities plan, one of which it will need to adopt in order to accommodate a growing district. Under the first...

In light of the recent Asiana Airlines accident in San Francisco, I thought I’d take the time to remind everybody of something (and no, it’s not the cliché about air travel being safer than...