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By Braxton Leonard Braxton-Leonard@uiowa.edu A string of recent celebrity suicides has sparked questions about the state of mental-health resources in America. Just last week, longtime storyteller and television chef Anthony Bourdain, as well as high-fashion designer...

The Daily Iowan will run a weekly column this summer answering questions related to community health. By Caroline Woods caroline-woods@uiowa.edu Hey there, my name is Caroline Woods. I am joining The Daily Iowan to write a...

By Zach Weigel zachary-weigel@uiowa.edu If you have seen the results of the June 5 primary, then you know that sadly, Iowa isn’t like California where the top two candidates, regardless of party, are nominated to face...

By Beau Elliot beauelliot@gmail.com In the grand whirl of things, we’re lucky to have such items of distraction as sports. No, not curling. Curling might be a sport (it also might be Northern hokum, which is...

Rising student debt is unsustainable. Without ample state and federal funding for higher funding as well as tuition hikes, students face enormous and unavoidable student debt they most likely will not be able to pay off...

A series of events regarding immigration over the past few weeks have shown the Democrats’ eagerness to demonize President Trump rather than face the truth. Marina Jaimes marina-jaimes@uiowa.edu In late May, KDSM Fox 17 released an...

Nate Boulton’s response to sexual misconduct allegations alludes to an individual and institutional duplicity in the Democratic Party. By Isabella Rosario isabella-rosario@uiowa.edu A day after allegations of sexual misconduct by Nate Boulton surfaced (May 23), the...

Supporters of the fetal-heartbeat law want to overturn Roe v. Wade. But what did a pre-legal abortion America look like for women?...Read More

Abortion has become an extremely polarized issue in the United States. Instead of considering the legality of banning abortions, politicians are quick to take political stances that perpetuate polarization....Read More

Problems in the health-care system are better understood through stories, including my own....Read More