My dad was a Virginia Polytechnic Institute graduate student during the horrific shooting. Seung-Hi Cho, the student responsible for these heartbreaking murders, wrote violent assignments for English...

With everyone's eyes on the criminal justice system in the wake of Derek Chauvin’s trial, there's an important aspect that relates directly back to Iowa that we need to speak about. American prisons...

There is a bill in the Iowa Legislature that would increase the cost of gas for me and many other Iowans struggling financially. The governor’s fuel mandate proposal would, effective immediately,...

Iowa’s voter redistricting process is unique and one of the fairest in the country, but it’s about to face a new challenge. The delay in U.S. census results caused by the COVID-19 pandemic...

Nearly 172,000 migrants were stopped at the U.S.-Mexico border in March, the highest number recorded since March 2001. This record number of migrants seeking asylum into the U.S. has overwhelmed housing...

The past year has been traumatic enough for communities of color across the country. The start of Derek Chauvin’s trial at the end of March was in and of itself taxing to watch as a Black person,...

What happens when the state abdicates its responsibility to protect our waterways upon which we depend for safe-drinking water?  We make the national news, but not the kind of news that makes you...

Housing in Iowa could become unaffordable in the near future unless policymakers take the necessary steps to correct the current trends. In the past four years, the median listing price in Iowa...

The University of Iowa Environmental Coalition, an ecological activist group on campus, has been advocating for the ban of pesticides since 1990. With goals to promote human and environmental health...

Once Follett takes over the operation of the bookstore, it will alter conditions to whatever extent necessary to maximize their profits. When Fresno State University transitioned to a Follett run...

Turner syndrome led me to one of the most impactful experiences. Having a medical condition that media organizations often overlook or misrepresent is what inspired me to join The Daily Iowan’s Diversity,...

When people talk about party schools in the U.S., the University of Iowa is often mentioned in some of these conversations — perhaps less frequently than in years past. While the UI has fallen in...