Natalie Nye, Opinions Columnist
• February 6, 2024
Iowa Republican lawmakers failed to pass another anti-LGBTQ+ bill, House File 2082, which would make it legal to discriminate against transgender people.
The bill would have specifically removed...
Iowans before us understood why the legal liabilities and complex policies inherent to library (First Amendment) services require specific and robust management to successfully steward collections,...
When the much-awaited winter break approaches, students usually anticipate catching up on sleep or binge-watching their favorite shows after a semester loaded with assignments, projects, and exams.
Sometimes,...
Last week, entrepreneur Bradley Tusk told a crowd at the Old Capitol that America should implement nationwide online voting.
A longtime Internet voting promoter, Tusk announced that he will publish...
Kennedy Lein, Opinions Contributor
• January 30, 2024
I may be about to graduate college, but the drastic effects of the pandemic have left me feeling like I am still 17 years old.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a widespread, uneasy feeling of lost time...
For Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, “taking candy from a baby” is not so much a figure of speech as it is a legislative goal.
Last month, Iowa state officials announced the state would not participate in...
Natalie Nye, Opinions Columnist
• January 24, 2024
Iowa City schools are making great strides to provide positive reinforcement discipline for students. Other school districts in Iowa should follow Iowa City’s lead.
The Iowa City Community School...
Last fall, the Executive Committee of the University of Iowa chapter of The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) became concerned, and then alarmed, about the UI administration’s proposed...
Health care is unjustly scarce across rural Iowa.
In 2021, Statista reported around 6.8 percent of the state is uninsured in health care. The majority of the state, around 54.4 percent, are insured...
Laura Bergus
In the summer of 2020, after the murder of George Floyd, Iowa City made our rejection of discrimination clear. Our city made national news as peaceful protesters — many who were children...
As a member of the Iowa City community since 1973, I remember vividly the horror and shock that permeated the city in 1991 when it was reported that a physics grad student had gone on a shooting rampage...
The federal legal drinking age in the U.S. used to be 19 years old, but was raised due to public health concerns in 1984.
Nearly 40 years after the change, the U.S. stands out among its western peers...
