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Former President Donald Trump endorses Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley during Donald Trump’s “Save America” rally in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. Chuck Grassley has been an Iowa Senator since 1981. (Cecilia Shearon/The Daily Iowan)

Opinion | The GOP need moderates in 2022

October 18, 2021
Pictured on Nov. 3, 2020, Election Day, is Longfellow Elementary School in Iowa City. Longfellow has set up voting booths for voters to cast their ballots. (Grace Smith/The Daily Iowan)

Opinion | Get out to vote: Local elections need you

October 12, 2021
Haitian migrants walk towards the Rio Grande after Mexican police and immigration officers enter the Braulio Fernandez Park where the migrant had taken refuge on Thursday Sept. 23, 2021 Aq2z9120

Opinion | Haitian deportations are immoral and Biden must do better

October 5, 2021
Democratic candidate for State Auditor Rob Sand speaks during the Progress Iowa Corn Feed in Bondurant Iowa on Sunday, September 16, 2018. The event featured a variety of local and national democratic politicians who spoke on how Democrats can work together leading up to the midterm elections.

Opinion | Rob Sand is the candidate Iowa needs in 2022

September 28, 2021
Backpack full of school supplies and COVID 19 prevention items. Top view, spilling onto a blue background. Back to school during pandemic concept.

Opinion | Schools should take all precautions to prevent exposures to COVID-19

September 20, 2021
Manager is holding Dress code policy.

Opinion | It’s no one else’s decision what you can wear

September 13, 2021
To do list with so many things note on paper with paper balls and pen

Opinion | UI students, it’s ok to take a step back

September 9, 2021
Backpack of school child with face mask and sanitizer. Student safety after coronavirus pandemic. Virus and disease prevention for kids. Back to school and kindergarten after covid-19 outbreak.

Opinion | Be preventative: Keep unvaccinated kids safe

September 1, 2021
Cars drive across the Iowa Avenue bridge in Iowa City on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021.

Opinion | Price worth paying: Federal Infrastructure bill invests in Iowa

August 24, 2021
Johnson County holds Drive-Up early voting in the parking ramp of the Johnson County Health and Human Services Building on Oct. 23, 2020. Voters follow signs and wait in a line of cars to cast their ballot.

Opinion | Senior politicians: give newcomers a chance to lead

August 3, 2021
Students sit and wait for 15 to 30 minutes after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in the Iowa Memorial Union at the University of Iowa on Wednesday, April 21, 2021.

Opinion | We need all students to be vaccinated

July 27, 2021
University of Iowa freshman line up for food and drinks outside the Presidents Mansion during the OnIowa Presidents Block Party on Sunday, August 19, 2018. OnIowa events help incoming university students engage and settle into their new environment.

Opinion | UI sophomores: college is just beginning

July 21, 2021
Shasta County Supervisor Patrick Jones, 52, at his gun shop in Redding on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Jones, newly elected, unlocked the doors to the supervisors chambers to hold an unauthorized in-person meeting to protest statewide COVID-19 restrictions.

Opinion | Governor Reynolds handgun law puts Iowans in danger

July 13, 2021
Opinion | Service workers are people too

Opinion | Service workers are people too

July 6, 2021
Corn leaves turning brown due to lack of rain on Monday, June, 21, 2021. A field planted with corn start showing the effects of lack of rain fall. The leaves are turning brown, and the stalks are short.(Jeff Sigmund/Daily Iowan)

Opinion | Climate change has already hit Iowa

June 28, 2021
Gov. Kim Reynolds prepares for the State of the State Address within the house chambers of the Iowa State Capitol Building on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 in Des Moines. Tuesday marks the second day of the 2021 Iowa legislative session, in which Gov. Reynolds will give her address in the evening.

Opinion | Public education should be candid

June 21, 2021
The Emma Goldman clinic is seen on Wednesday, Feb. 2018.

Opinion | It is imperative we stand up for reproductive rights

June 16, 2021
IA Sen. Amy Sinclair, R-Allerton, speaks to the Senate on the first day of the 2021 legislative session on Monday, Jan. 11, 2020, at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines. 0111 Capitol 010 Jpg

Opinion | Republicans need to follow public health guidelines

May 3, 2021
Gov. Kim Reynolds prepares for the State of the State Address within the house chambers of the Iowa State Capitol Building on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 in Des Moines. Tuesday marks the second day of the 2021 Iowa legislative session, in which Gov. Reynolds will give her address in the evening. (Ryan Adams/The Daily Iowan)

Opinion | Gov. Reynolds gatekeeps Iowa amid immigration surge

April 20, 2021
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