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Downtown Block Party attendees cheer for protesters during “Night of Rage,” an abortion-rights protest, in Iowa City on Saturday, June 25, 2022. The protest started at the Pentacrest with speakers, then, protesters marched through Iowa City.

Opinion | Showing up is important to activism

July 5, 2022
Opinion | School safety is an international concern

Opinion | School safety is an international concern

June 28, 2022
Opinion | Other states are changing their views of cannabis while Iowa falls behind

Opinion | Other states are changing their views of cannabis while Iowa falls behind

June 21, 2022
The Emma Goldman Clinic is seen in Iowa City on Monday, June 13, 2022.

Opinion | Reproductive justice discussions need marginalized voices

June 14, 2022
Opinion | The University of Iowa participates in and encourages mass incarceration

Opinion | The University of Iowa participates in and encourages mass incarceration

May 1, 2022
An Iowa City Police car is seen near the Iowa City Police Department in Iowa City Monday, Nov. 1, 2021.

Opinion | Community policing reforms won’t work if not given a fair chance

April 24, 2022
Photo of Hawaii contributed by Yasmina Sahir.

Opinion | Stop traveling to Hawaii, tourism is not sustainable

April 19, 2022
The Old Capital is seen in Iowa City, Iowa on April 14, 2022.

Opinion | Maintaining support for students with child dependents is a must

April 14, 2022
RaDonda Vaught speaks to members of the press after a verdict was reached in her trial at Justice A. A. Birch Building in Nashville on March 25, 2022. She was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and abuse of an impaired adult after a medication error contributed to the death of a patient in 2017.

Opinion | Punitive systems won’t prevent medical errors

April 10, 2022
Opinion | Generalizing “African” can do harm to diverse populations in Africa

Opinion | Generalizing “African” can do harm to diverse populations in Africa

April 5, 2022
Opinion | Ramadan is more than fasting

Opinion | Ramadan is more than fasting

March 29, 2022
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Opinion | Iowa renters with emotional support animals suffer from conflicting housing laws

March 20, 2022
Opinion | COVID-19 hygiene is essential after spring break travel

Opinion | COVID-19 hygiene is essential after spring break travel

March 9, 2022
Yasmina Sahir, a journalist who writes opinion pieces at The Daily Iowan poses for a portrait on Sunday, Feb 27, 2022 in front of the Starbucks on the corner of Clinton and Burlington in Iowa City.

Remaining unrecognized and unresearched has political, social, and physical health consequences

March 1, 2022
The outside of the Student Disability Center in the Old Capitol Mall is seen in Iowa City on Tuesday, March 1, 2022.

Opinion | Students with disabilities deserve advocacy

March 1, 2022
Opinion | Multiracial people should be welcomed into conversations on discrimination and oppression.

Opinion | Multiracial people should be welcomed into conversations on discrimination and oppression.

February 15, 2022
A senator of the University of Iowa’s Undergraduate Student Government raises his hand to ask a question pertaining an amendment during a USG meeting at the Iowa Memorial Union on Feb. 10, 2022.

Opinion | Getting rid of USG Constituency senators is a bad move

February 10, 2022
A photo of Yasmina Sahir.

Opinion | The U.S. Census and UI needs to end Islamophobic erasure of MENA identities

February 6, 2022
Opinion | Iowa benefits from legalizing recreational cannabis

Opinion | Iowa benefits from legalizing recreational cannabis

February 1, 2022
The University of Iowa Police Station is seen on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021.

Opinion | Campus policing: the work isn’t done

January 26, 2022
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