Five candidates are vying for three seats on the Iowa City school board in next month's election. The Gazette asked the ...

A University of Northern Iowa professor is suing the university, alleging administrators waged a coordinated campaign to ...

A prominent Cornell law professor is demanding a civil rights investigation into allegations that one of his colleagues attempted to exclude an Israeli student from a course on the Gaza Strip. Earlier ...

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Sean McRoberts of Iowa City first came to terms with their gender identity almost six years ago while in their upper 30s and has felt freer and more like themselves since. McRoberts, a transgender ...

The ICE 287(g) program allows the attorney general to enter into agreements with state and local law enforcement “to perform a function of an immigration officer.” The ICE 287(g) program is expanding ...

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird on the "Iowa Press" set on Sept. 19, 2025. (Iowa PBS photo) Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird says colleges and universities should not use the murder of Charlie Kirk ...

A Des Moines man is suing two of the city’s police officers, claiming they violated his civil rights after he tried to assist a homeless person who was being investigated for shoplifting.Edward Kirby, ...

The service and sacrifice of Black Americans in defense of the United States is believed to be a driving force in the progress of civil rights over generations. William S. Morris is a third-generation ...

Atlanta — A popular historical museum in Georgia is expanding at a critical moment in the debate over how the story of the United States is told. Critics of the Trump administration say it is using ...

Emma Denney, 32, originally from Washington, D.C. and now an Iowa City resident, wouldn’t feel like herself without having access to gender-affirming care. Denney said since treatment, she can see the ...

The state of Iowa will pay $85,000 to settle a lawsuit with a group of LGBTQ+ teens. The lawsuit alleged the students were discriminated against and expelled from the Iowa Capitol over a bathroom ...