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Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, speaks at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition in Des Moines on Sept. 27, 2014.

Rosario: The Iowa GOP has become complicit with racism, xenophobia

Isabella Rosario, Opinion Columnist
November 12, 2018
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Rosario: Steve King is racist, but his supporters don’t think so

Isabella Rosario, Opinion Columnist
November 7, 2018
A voter marks his ballot, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, at the Coral Ridge Mall in Fort Lauderdale. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS)

Rosario: I’m not excited to vote, but I will anyway

Isabella Rosario, Opinion Columnist
October 28, 2018
Rosario: One Asian-American’s thoughts on the Harvard lawsuit

Rosario: One Asian-American’s thoughts on the Harvard lawsuit

Isabella Rosario, Opinion Columnist
October 22, 2018

I don’t want to go to haunted houses (but they’re mostly safe)

Isabella Rosario, Opinion Columnist
October 16, 2018
Rosario: Individual lifestyle changes won’t stop climate change

Rosario: Individual lifestyle changes won’t stop climate change

Isabella Rosario, Opinion Columnist
October 15, 2018
Isabella Rosario sits in her apartment in Iowa City.

Rosario: ‘Doctors said it was all in my head. I actually had dysautonomia.’

Isabella Rosario, Opinion Columnist
October 11, 2018
A statue of Christopher Columbus stands on a plaza in Old San Juan. (Bob Downing/Akron Beacon Journal/MCT)

Rosario: A closer look at Christopher Columbus

Isabella Rosario, Opinion Columnist
October 7, 2018
Rosario: Average Iowans with left-leaning views are not coastal elites

Rosario: Average Iowans with left-leaning views are not coastal elites

Isabella Rosario, Opinion Columnist
September 30, 2018
U.S. Rep. Rod Blum, R-Iowa, speaks during an event in Johnson Hall on the Kirkwood main campus in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, May, 9, 2017.

Rosario: U.S. Rep. Rod Blum lambasts Iowa reporters

Isabella Rosario, Opinion Columnist
September 9, 2018

Rosario: Iowa police, Legislature must address racial profiling

Isabella Rosario, Opinion Columnist
August 30, 2018
Photo illustration

Rosario: The case against laptop bans in the classroom

Isabella Rosario, Opinion Columnist
August 19, 2018
Rosario: We’re missing the point on human trafficking

Rosario: We’re missing the point on human trafficking

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
August 1, 2018
Thinkstock

Rosario: Viral Twitter thread brings attention to thin privilege, fatphobia

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
July 24, 2018
The Old Capitol is seen on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

Rosario: Iowa Legislature’s defunding equals UI cuts

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
July 16, 2018
Nadia Bartholomew, a worker at Pleasant Pops coffee and treats shop in Washington, D.C., offers a customer a selection of paper straws. Pleasant Pops has joined the "Last Plastic Straw" movement, a growing number of restaurants no longer using plastic straws, which environmentalists say are hazardous to oceans and sea creatures. States and cities are being asked to ban straws, too. (Elaine S. Povich/Pew Charitable Trusts/TNS)

Rosario: Banning plastic straws is not the answer

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
July 9, 2018
Rosario: LGBT Americans face legal employment discrimination

Rosario: LGBT Americans face legal employment discrimination

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
June 25, 2018
(Marsha Halper/Miami Herald/MCT)

Rosario: Story on emotional-support animals was murky

Isabella Rosario, ‪isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
June 18, 2018
Former Iowa Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nate Boulton speaks with members of the media during Gov. Reynolds first Condition of the State address in the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. (File Photo/The Daily Iowan)

Rosario: Nate Boulton controversy highlights hypocrisy in Democratic Party

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
June 11, 2018
Guests listen during the "White Privilege 101: Getting in on the Conversations" session in the Lindquist Center on January 25, 2017. (The Daily Iowan/Lily Smith)

Rosario: Conversations on racism deserve empathy

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
May 7, 2018
Rosario: Pro-choice harasser, commentators suppress political discourse

Rosario: Pro-choice harasser, commentators suppress political discourse

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
April 23, 2018
UI senior Spencer Smith writes on a board for the Freedom of Speech protest put on by Young Americans for Liberty group on the Pentacrest on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. The student-run group allowed anyone to write whatever they wanted on the board.

Rosario: Campus free speech controversy is oversimplified

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
April 15, 2018
Brothers and DI alumni find success in news media, marketing

Brothers and DI alumni find success in news media, marketing

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
April 11, 2018
Students from Iowa City High School and Southeast Junior High School march on the Ped Mall on Monday, Feb. 19, 2018. They protested the lack of gun restriction legislation in the wake of the latest school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. (Ben Allan Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Rosario: Students deserve to be heard

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
March 19, 2018
Contraceptives are seen at CVS on Wednesday, February 14, 2018. Legislators passed a senate committee outlawing a doctor from performing an abortion after a heartbeat is detected. (The Daily Iowan/Olivia Sun)

Rosario: Iowa fetal-heartbeat bill poses inequitable harm to women’s health care

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
March 6, 2018
NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center on Friday, Feb. 22, 2018, in National Harbor, Md. Hosted by the American Conservative Union, CPAC is an annual gathering of right wing politicians, commentators and their supporters. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Rosario: NRA spokeswoman bashes journalists, touts concern for minorities

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
February 26, 2018
Members of the UI community hold signs in protest on the Pentacrest on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017.

Editorial: Iowa must reinvest in higher education

Isabella Rosario, Opinions Editor
February 12, 2018
FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2015 file photo, then presidential nominee Donald Trump gives a speech inside Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport. Trump took to Twitter on July 26 to announce his plan to ban transgender people from serving in the U.S. military. (Sergio Flores/The Daily Iowan, file)

Rosario: President Trump’s (Twitter) State of the Union

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
January 30, 2018
Rosario: Iowa joins chaotic national debate on immigration

Rosario: Iowa joins chaotic national debate on immigration

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
January 29, 2018
Aziz Ansari in the Trophy Room at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Rosario: Changing the conversation on sexual misconduct

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
January 24, 2018
Congressman Steve King speaks at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition in Des Moines on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition is a dedicated to educating the public and training Christians for effective political action. (The Daily Iowan/Margaret Kispert)

Rosario: Rep. Steve King, radio announcers champion racism in the Heartland

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
December 13, 2017
Students walk past the famous "brain rock" on the busy T. Anne Cleary Walkway Wednesday Sep 6, 2017.(Paxton Corey/The Daily Iowan)

Rosario: UI lack of attendance policy punishes sick students

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
November 13, 2017
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a Johnson County Republicans event in Coralville at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center on Thursday, July 6, 2017. Iowa Gov. Reynolds spoke to Republican constituents who had a minimum donation of $25 per individual to attend, $125 to host, and $500 to sponsor. (Joseph Cress/The Daily Iowan)

Rosario: Gov. Reynolds calls liberals ‘unhinged,’ highlighting ableism in politics

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
October 25, 2017
Logan Grote, cofounder of Abal Therapeutics, works inside his office at 322 N. Clinton St. on Monday, Oct. 9. Abal is a startup company developing software to streamline the process of ABA, Applied Behavior Analysis. The tablet-based application aims to improve the success of ABA practice. (Ben Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Rosario: UI autistic therapy startup promotes harmful treatment

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
October 20, 2017
Former Congressman Joe Walsh speaks at the IMU on Tuesday, October 17, 2017. Walsh presented about the states of both major political parties and background regarding the presidential election. (Shivansh Ahuja/The Daily Iowan)

Rosario: Joe Walsh’s UI visit highlights American political polarization

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
October 17, 2017
Media outlets cover Donald Trump's speech from the press booth at the University Field House on Tuesday, Jan 26, 2016. Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are currently tied in Iowa. (The Daily Iowan/Jordan Gale)

Rosario: Yes, the ‘liberal media’ is a real problem

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
September 19, 2017
From left, San Francisco 49ers' Eli Harold (58), quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) and Eric Reid (35) kneel during the national anthem before their NFL game against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 in Santa Clara, Calif. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group/TNS)

Rosario: Kaepernick kneeled for a reason 

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
August 28, 2017
CDC National Intimate Partner & Sexual Violence Survey, Forge Victim Service Providers Fact Sheet (Graphic by Isabella Rosario/The Daily Iowan)

Rosario: Iowa budget cuts jeopardize services, rape victims on campus

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
August 22, 2017
A view of the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee at Robert E. Lee Park in the Oak Lawn neighborhood of Dallas on August 16, 2017. The statue was unveiled by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 12, 1936. Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings called for a task force to study the issue of whether or not to remove the city's Confederate monuments. (Andy Jacobsohn/Dallas Morning News/TNS)

Rosario: It’s not just about statues after Charlottesville

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
August 21, 2017
Rosario: Demystifying the Asian model minority myth

Rosario: Demystifying the Asian model minority myth

Isabella Rosario, isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu
May 2, 2017
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