Taniesha Kauten: A Day in the Life of an Iowan
By Misha Euceph “I remember growing up, my mom talking about it. I don’t think I really understood everything going on until the 2008 elections…

Bush talks national security, gridlock at Iowa ranch
By Max Greenwood CARROLL, Iowa — Jeb Bush talked national security and bridging the partisan divide in government Friday, blaming President Barack Obama for deepening

At Trump rally, a crowd of more than die-hard fans
By Max Greenwood DES MOINES, Iowa — When Donald Trump decided to skip Thursday night’s GOP debate, plenty of supporters showed up at his last-minute

Trump event draws crowds, enthuses dedicated base
By Caroline Kenny DES MOINES, Iowa — After a public battle with Fox News, Donald Trump took to his own stage at the same time

Shooting woes plague Wildcats again in loss to Michigan State
By Adam Rossow Before every Northwestern home basketball game, DJ Steve Aoki’s dance anthem, “Turbulence,” plays in the moments leading up to the opening tip.

Food Insecurity Screenings to Expand to Chicago Suburbs
By Anna Boisseau Cook County will expand a pilot nutrition program into a second health clinic in the Chicago suburbs in early February. Doctors first

March of Dimes and coalition push for folic acid in enriched Hispanic foods
By Madison Hopkins The push is on to bring folic acid to the diets of Hispanic women, who are 30-40 times more likely to have

Brunswick’s operating results strengthen
By Ashesha Mehrotra Brunswick Corp.’s fourth quarter results reflected strengthening underlying profits, masked by negative non-operating factors. In the latest quarter,, the Lake Forest, Ill.

A promising future for Mondelez, if cost-cutting succeeds
By Sony Kassam Known for its Cadbury chocolates and Oreo cookies, the snacks food and beverage company Mondelez International Inc. has a hopeful long-term future,

Righteous Fighters: how boxing can save lives in Chicago’s Southside (Video)
By Iacopo Luzi 40-year-old Ramon Zavaleta is a 4th District police officer with the Chicago Police Department. He is not just a cop. Every day,

World Health Organization calls emergency meeting on global threat of Zika virus
By Neil Murthy The World Health Organization will hold an emergency meeting Monday to consider whether Zika should be designated a global health crisis, in light of

White privilege is real, Black Lives Matter founders tell Loyola crowd
By Rebekah Frumkin and Carlos D. Williamson It’s wrong for people to say all lives matter when certain races clearly have an advantage, said Black