January is Poverty Awareness Month. As the month comes to an end, it is clear looking at Iowa's minimum wage that we have some work to do to continue addressing the issue.
Poverty is a long-standing...
Sophia Meador, Opinions Columnist
• January 30, 2022
Recent efforts by the Iowa Legislature demonstrate how engrossed some legislators are in gun rights.
A bill following the national trend of “second amendment sanctuaries” aims to prohibit federal...
Luke Krchak, Opinions Columnist
• January 27, 2022
It’s no argument that books are great tools for education. However, with the recent movement to ban certain books, we need to better understand the value each book brings to education.
A new movement...
Throughout the pandemic, our community has experienced many preventable tragedies. While the lives lost due to COVID-19 have been tragic, I’m actually talking about the increase in gun violence....
Shahab Khan, Opinions Columnist
• January 26, 2022
The everlasting nature of the pandemic has shown that Americans on the left and right are becoming disaffected with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Michel Foucault’s theory of biopower...
Yasmina Sahir, Opinions Columnist
• January 26, 2022
Nationwide police violence continues to happen, and yet it seems local attention has waned on abolition efforts.
The University of Iowa’s claims of commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion...
Elise Cagnard, Opinions Contributor
• January 25, 2022
As you’re strolling along Gilbert Street or making your way back to Catlett Residence Hall, you probably are not thinking of the rich history of the land you stand on.
Long before the University...
Since spring classes began at the University of Iowa, 705 students and employees have been infected with COVID-19. By the time you’re reading this, another 150 to 200 cases may have been reported.
In...
Signe Nettum, Opinions Contributor
• January 25, 2022
In October of my freshman year at the University of Iowa, a friend asked me if I had found an apartment for the next school year. I stared at her, dumbfounded. We were barely two months into the first...
The political divide in our nation weighs heavily on all of us. In March 2021, Iowa lawmakers decided to make the foundation of our democracy – voting – more difficult by creating unnecessary burdens...
Sophia Meador, Opinions Columnist
• January 24, 2022
My name is Sophia, and I use she/her/hers pronouns.
To some, introducing yourself and pronouns may seem redundant. However, we have come to recognize more forms of gender identity and expression...
Following one of the most contentious elections in recent memory, President Joe Biden has now spent a year in the Oval Office.
Given the number of candidates and perspectives represented in the...
