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The greatest humanitarian crisis in the world will not be solved with missiles alone. It’s time the U.S. opens its borders to homeless Syrians. By Elijah Helton elijah-helton@uiowa.edu “From this moment on, it’s going to be...

While some statistics on campus free speech may be alarming, a deeper look shows the First Amendment is not under siege....Read More

Voucher programs and other private education measures will harm public schools even more than the Legislature already has....Read More

The world’s billionaires are not in the habit of giving charitable donations, but without them, poverty is inevitable and inequality will persist....Read More

Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., pulled out a loaded gun at a coffee shop in a meeting with his constituents. This was inappropriate....Read More

An experience at church recently made me reflect on problematic messages about diversity....Read More

Basing who you like on ‘your type’ of person runs the risk of fetishizing that ‘type’ of person.This turns individuals into sexual fantasies rather than human beings and can have damaging effects on a person’s mental...

Feminism is a unique philosophy that binds all women together. Recently, feminism has become partisan — the opposite of its intended effect on women....Read More

‘The music we listen to has the power to reinforce us in mood as well as move us forward in daily, or not-so-daily, experiences with positive momentum.’...Read More

Baseball and snow doesn’t make sense, and neither does starting the season in February....Read More