The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Brown: Are we really ‘all black’?

Brown: Are we really ‘all black’?

February 19, 2016

Marcus Brown [email protected]   Finding myself halfway through Black History Month with the end of President’s Obama second term fast approaching, I can’t help but feel sentimental. Every...

Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke, middle right, leaves the Cook County Jail after posting bond on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, in Chicago. Van Dyke has been locked up since Nov. 24, when prosecutors charged him with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Fear and race in America 

December 1, 2015

Marcus Brown [email protected] It is impossible to look at any form of news media without being constantly barraged with stories attempting to dissect and analyze the senseless deaths that can...

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Public holds forth on equity

Bill Cooney, [email protected] August 4, 2015

Around 20 community members packed into a Iowa City Public Library meeting room Monday evening to discuss equity and race in Iowa City schools. Monday’s meeting was an opportunity for members of the...

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

August 4, 2015

Letters Inaction on minimum wage inexcusable In the last legislative session, the Iowa House Republican leadership refused to debate a Senate bill that would have raised the minimum wage to a paltry $8.75...

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