Of the numerous reasons for increasing tuition rates across the country, administrative bloat joins introduction of more federal subsidies and decreased funding from legislatures as top answers. Because...
The second round of Democratic presidential debates took place July 30 and 311 with 20 candidates participating. Similar to how I wrapped up the first debates in 20 Out of 20, I’m going to look at the...
Moving to and from apartments in Iowa City is much less than ideal. As if transporting furniture from place to place and finding somewhere to live every year is not enough, now add to the equation having...
The minute I stepped off the airplane and into Omaha’s Eppley Airfield, I felt all the tension that I had accumulated in the Middle East dissipate from my shoulders. No one was trying to shove past me,...
Thousands of Puerto Ricans took to the streets of San Juan last week to protest the position of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló after leaked messages between him and officials close to him contained texts laced...
So, Doc: What’s up with Brexit now with a new British prime minister? Just to take our minds off the Mueller media circus.
Dear So: We’re not quite sure that a mostly low-key, precise person such...
There is an ongoing effort to persuade U.S. college students to believe and join their enemies, making sure they keep supporting what hurts them and believing what deceives them.
This effort focuses...
The U.S. was founded on the ideal that it would be a nation in which “all men are created equal.”
Centuries later, Americans have been handed a question past generations have failed to answer: Will...
Andrew Lloyd Webber changed musical theater in the early ’80s when he came out with Cats. Was it changed for the better? Perhaps not, but it certainly opened up a venue for furry-adjacent theater in...
Iowa City has made the right decision to expand its hate crime ordinance. By including harassment and trespassing, our community moves a little bit closer to providing protection for all of our neighbors.
The...
This past weekend, Bold Iowa held an action intended to dramatize the severity of the climate crisis. Our inspiration came from students in Germany, who stood on melting blocks of ice in a gallows with...
