President Obama announced Wednesday in an interview with ABC's Robin Roberts that he supports gay marriage, marking him as the first president in history to announce support on this issue. Oh, please....

A specter is haunting Iowa City: a specter with a serpent. I recall, in those uncannily warm days of March, when I would lounge in the park or walk about town in a state of bliss, the Sun awakening my...

Everywhere you turn, someone is having a "green" energy conference or an "environmental" awareness day. These events focus on solar and wind energy, on electric cars, on reducing your...

Imagine for a second that to see a movie, you would have to be under the age of 18. No longer can you lose yourself in a narrative that can change time and space in the blink of an eye; Never again may...

It was in the hot, sweat-stained shirt, water-bottle-drained-dry August heat that I took my first steps on campus at the University of Iowa as an incoming freshman: My major was only half-decided; I only...

There's long been a formidable degree of controversy surrounding the legitimacy of special testing accommodations for standardized exams, especially those with such weighty implications, such as college-entrance...

Harper's Index, which is not great literature like the inner musings of Mitt Romney (which is kind of a frightening thought) but is really interesting, reports that Romney's estimated net worth, at a minimum,...

It took me four years to grow up. Saying my goodbyes to the University of Iowa, I hesitantly approach the next step in my life. I think it's safe for me to officially say, I'm a grown-up. As I look back...

Americans don't have all that much confidence in Congress. Since 1973, the number of Americans who have said that they have confidence in Congress as an institution has only surpassed 40 percent four times....

At the beginning of college, one of the first questions people ask is, 'So, where are you from?' I grew up in Santa Monica, Calif., a beach suburb of Los Angeles. Most days were in the 60s or 70s because...

As an Azerbaijani-American and a Turkic-American living in our great country, I write to share my opposition to expanding the government's cybersecurity authorities in ways that violate my First and Fourth...

Jordan Ramos' story — which makes the claim that she wasn't allowed to dance on one of Union's platforms because of her size on two occasions — has been broadcast by national media outlets including...