“Even when it’s hard to find the words, louder than I’ll sing your praise.”  With COVID-19 and the current political climate, the lyrics to Even When it Hurts seem relevant more than ever....

After watching what felt like a Dance Moms episode the night of Sept. 29, I feel embarrassed that instead of having a productive discussion about important issues in America, the two presidential candidates...

Like many of my fellow politically minded citizens this past week, I watched the debates relevant to Iowa’s electoral choices this November. And, like many of my politically minded citizens, I was...

  Within minutes of the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, tributes in her honor poured across America. She was a woman that spent her life tackling the barriers and imbalances that rob...

The world is full of places to explore and people to meet — for anyone willing to leave home. In February 2020, Cory Lee, a man with spinal muscular atrophy, traveled to Australia. This accomplished...

More funding for law enforcement does not correlate to a safer community. As The Daily Iowan previously reported, “Back the Blue” protestors recently held a march in favor of allocating more...

Iowa City, how dare you? How could you in good conscience decide to host a rally for police support the same night where a memorial for a victim who is experiencing systemic racism took place? Furthermore,...

The conflict between the Iowa government and school districts is ramping up once more, with the government ordering school districts to reopen in person despite many districts’ desire to maintain...

The University of Iowa’s decision to cancel spring break has brought up a lot of questions surrounding the disregard for the effects this could have on students' health. 2020 has been a revolutionary...

I have always been one to explore and take advantage of and my options at college. My freshman year course work was evidence in that regard — for good measure, I took classes in kickboxing, psychology,...

The process of acquiring a citizenship in America is an emotional roller coaster and an organizational nightmare, marked by endless paperwork and instructions that are deprived of any actual instructions. After...

Every year, once the leaves changed colors and it was cold enough to wear my favorite sweatshirt, my parents took me and my little sister to our local fall getaway, Schuster’s Farm, where we would...