Objectivity — or the idea that journalism requires a dispassionate, factual, and non-partisan voice — is a notion that all aspiring journalists are taught. However, for this current “post-truth...

Our whole lives seem to be leading up to college. From preschool to high school, we are inundated with idealistic expectations of what the college experience will bring us. We might not know exactly...

The Climate Crisis is nearing a point of no return. People have adjusted to lessen their carbon footprint, but this not enough to tackle the climate crisis. On the individual level, we cannot...

Immigrants are the foun­dation and life blood of the U.S., and Iowa City has the chance to prove its commit­ment to the belief that immi­grants make our communi­ties stronger. Texas Gov. Greg...

Michael Franken, Io­wa’s Democratic candi­date for the U.S. Senate, had his name added to the long list of political figures accused of as­sault. On Sept. 19 the Iowa Field-Report, a conserva­tive...

In 2016, a physician in the U.K. described two strange cas­es of patients who complained of intermittent blindness in one eye for several months. The pa­tients underwent an expensive workup to no...

The Forgotten. It sounds like a title to a movie, something ominous and terrifying.  Yet this is how many of the people of Johnson County can easily be described, forgotten. When I talk to people every...

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What starts in the fall and ends in the spring? If you said flu season, you are correct. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends people above six-months-old get immunized against...

The University of Iowa failed in its responsibility to create and maintain a safe environment for students in the case of former UI School of Music professor John Muriello.  The former professor worked...

The Iowa City Farmers Market is a sight to behold, even in a downpour. Vendors selling fresh produce, flowers, coffee, and baked goods bring flocks of people to East Washington Street and the Chauncey...