Hispanic Heritage Month has arrived. Some may have heard of this celebration and know of its purpose for the Hispanic and Latinx communities, and others may have only heard of it in passing. So,...

As the climate crisis intensifies by the day, many have tried to find ways to live greener. This includes simple actions like picking up litter, using reusable grocery bags, or conserving water....

The City of Dubuque recently changed its policy on how police interact with and evict unhoused people from their encampments or other housing structures. It is troublesome to think how this policy...

I am writing as a proud Iowa graduate (JD, 1973) to relate a story that unfortunately has renewed importance. My roommate’s girlfriend, a senior undergraduate, got pregnant and made the traumatic...

The U.S. desperately needs to revamp the way we choose our politicians and ranked choice voting would be a massive step forward. Ranked choice voting in every single election is not just a viable...

Since the 1980s, income inequality has become a paramount problem in the U.S., largely because there is no way to tax the capital goods of those making $400,000 and above.  Income inequality would...

News consumption drastically changed in the last century.  Instead of waiting for the newspaper delivery or watching the nightly news, consumers can find news instantaneously on social media platforms,...

Hanging in the Stanley Museum of Art at the University of Iowa is a massive 8-by-20-foot oil canvas, “Mural,'' by the late artist, Jackson Pollock. When I saw Pollock's painting, I was underwhelmed....

The structure of student loan repayments will be unstable in the near future.  When President Joe Biden canceled student debt for millions of Americans, liberals and progressives celebrated the order...

Moments. This is what defines life and the path that we each take.  Brief, quick, and often incredibly painful moments. For me, I can look back on my life and pick out the moments when it all changed.  The...