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Singer Taylor Swift performs onstage Nov. 24 during the 2019 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

OPINION: Here’s why you should care about Taylor Swift’s fight for musical liberation

By Hannah Dailey · Tuesday, Dec. 3,2019 4:07 p.m.

The singer’s fight for ownership is an artistic, political and feminist issue.

Eugene V. Debs is the socialist icon we need in 2020

By Emma Getz , Ian Nowlin , James Bassett and Tom Sweeney · Sunday, Dec. 1,2019 8:42 p.m.

Who should newfound socialists look to as a model in 2020? IDS columnists suggest a Hoosier.

OPINION: Nobody likes you when you’re 21

By Kevin Chrisco · Sunday, Dec. 1,2019 4:45 p.m.

Songs for never growing up.

OPINION: Pay Tipped Workers a Living Wage

By Jonah Hyatt · Sunday, Dec. 1,2019 1:42 p.m.

Relying on customers to pay workers’ wages allows businesses to exploit their workers.

Taylor Swift performs June 1 at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.

OPINION: Taylor Swift can take down private equity firms

By Emma Getz · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2019 7:20 p.m.

Swift's dilemma sheds light on a bigger issue with private acquisitions.

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks on Aug. 20 in Brasilia, Brazil.

OPINION: We should pay attention to the global revolution against neoliberalism

By Bryce Greene · Tuesday, Nov. 19,2019 7:17 p.m.

It is important to watch and understand global movements against neoliberal administrations.

When speaking with New York Times writer Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bill Gates refused to side with Sen. Elizabeth Warren. “If I had to pay $20 billion, it’s fine, but when you say I should pay $100 billion, then I’m starting to do a little math about what I have left over," he said.

OPINION: There needs to be a cap on wealth

By Jonah Hyatt · Monday, Nov. 18,2019 7:07 p.m.

Billionaires in the U.S. cannot exist when worker exploitation runs rampant.

Former mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg speaks to media July 29 in Nashua, New Hampshire. Bloomberg filed to be on the ballot for Alabama's Democratic presidential primary on Nov. 8.

OPINION: Stop letting billionaires run for president

By Max Sandefer · Monday, Nov. 18,2019 3:08 p.m.

Billionaires corrupt U.S. politics.

OPINION: IUDM is a symptom of a problem. Where is the cure?

By Tom Sweeney · Wednesday, Nov. 13,2019 4:52 p.m.

Despite its merits, IUDM represents a broken health care system and class divisions.

OPINION: I felt duped by Pete Buttigieg's campaign

By Max Sandefer · Tuesday, Nov. 12,2019 12 a.m.

Buttigieg's campaign has changed for the worse.

OPINION: We are obsessed with stories about rich people

By Emma Getz · Sunday, Nov. 10,2019 3:27 p.m.

TV shows love to create sympathetic billionaires.

OPINION: US should adopt mandatory voting laws

By Ian Nowlin · Friday, Nov. 8,2019 5:23 p.m.

The U.S. should look to countries like Australia to model a mandatory voting policy.

LETTER: How the Israel lobby at IU suppresses speech for Palestinian rights

By Letter to the Editor · Friday, Nov. 8,2019 10:27 a.m.

Letter from the Palestine Solidarity Committee about claims of anti-Semitism.

Beto O'Rourke, former Democratic presidential candidate and Texas representative, waves as he arrives onstage Sept. 12 during the third Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas.

OPINION: Beto’s candidacy came to its natural conclusion

By Max Sandefer · Monday, Nov. 4,2019 4:24 p.m.

Beto O’Rourke is the Icarus of 2020.

Former President Barack Obama speaks Oct. 29 during the closing session of the 2019 Obama Foundation Summit meeting at the Kaplan Institute at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.

OPINION: Cancel culture isn't real

By Emma Getz · Monday, Nov. 4,2019 4:23 p.m.

Powerful men will continue to be successful, despite people criticizing them online.

OPINION: A farewell to food, or my experience with a liquid diet

By Evan Carnes · Friday, Nov. 1,2019 8:49 p.m.

When trying a new diet, make sure it doesn't affect your life.

OPINION: It is necessary to understand the true meaning of the Second Amendment

By Jonah Hyatt · Thursday, Oct. 31,2019 5:39 p.m.

The Second Amendment was not created as a weapon against a tyrannical government.

OPINION: Black students are punished more in school due to racism

By Jaclyn Ferguson · Thursday, Oct. 31,2019 5:39 p.m.

Unfair and racist punishment leads to problems later in life for black students.

Actress Jane Fonda is arrested for blocking a street in front of the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 18 during a climate change protest and rally on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C. Protesters are demanding urgent action on adapting the Green New Deal, implementing clean, renewable energy, and ending all new fossil fuel exploration and drilling.

OPINION: Celebrities should be willing to get arrested for the cause

By Emma Getz · Sunday, Oct. 27,2019 5 p.m.

Many criticize Jane Fonda's brand of activism, but she does more than any other celebrity of her status.

OPINION: This week's hot takes

Sunday, Oct. 27,2019 4:59 p.m.

This week the Opinion desk shared ideas with one another for columns. Here are some of this week's best.

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