Television dating shows air almost every other hour on MTV, celebrity couple names are created quicker than you can say Brangelina, and dating website advertisements such as eHarmony are scattered across...

Seriously, why do people in Johnson County give money to the Johnson County Republican Central Committee? Though it is a core mission of the central committee, the members haven’t successfully recruited...

The 2012 elections, 20 years after the “Year of the Woman” in 1992 when a record number of women were elected as legislators, brought about a huge win for the women of America. Starting in...

So I hear we held an election. (It’s kind of like holding a party, only the police never magically appear and bust you for noise pollution — shouldn’t they be busting automobile drivers for...

As winter approaches and the holiday season begins, Mayor Matt Hayek and the Iowa City City Council will issue a proclamation declaring this week Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week in Iowa City. Hunger...

Too few voters approved the Johnson County justice center, and now, local officials and planners must debate and devise a new plan to address the many shortcomings of the current Courthouse and Jail. Officials...

The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, which has served the UI community since 1999, is expected to close because of a funding loss, despite the center’s huge impact on the Iowa City area. The...

Among the most interesting outcomes of the 2012 election was Elizabeth Warren’s victory over Scott Brown for a Massachusetts Senate seat. Warren, a Harvard law professor and architect of the Consumer...

With the 2012 election finally over, the previous balance of power maintained, and the airwaves mercifully peaceful for the first time in recent memory, it is all too tempting to discount the negative...

The red flags around campus mark the beginning of the Men’s Antiviolence Council’s first Red Flag campaign to raise awareness about dating violence on campus. For many college students, dating...

The Iowa City City Council will consider an ordinance allowing the residents of Iowa City to house chickens in their backyards. Again. In case you haven’t been around the past four years, here’s...

One thing was clear in this presidential election; a man who has excellent credentials to be president lost to an incumbent president who is not qualified to be president. Obama is governing without...