Opinion

COLUMN: It's time for serious congressional reform

Three important changes would vastly improve the lives of all Americans.

COLUMN: Change our approach to happiness

Meaningful relationships, not school performance, gauge personal success. 

COLUMN: New technology can greatly improve sexual assault prosecutions

The new condom-detecting fingerprinting technology developed in the United Kingdom will help police prosecute rapists.

COLUMN: Marsha Blackburn's ad deserved to be blocked

Twitter should have stood their ground and disallowed the promotion of Rep. Blackburn’s inflammatory campaign ad.

EDITORIAL: It's too early to back a Biden candidacy

Midterm elections will determine which Democratic candidate will be best for a presidential run.

EDITORIAL: Convention center tax might not be worthwhile

A new convention center would be nice, but it might not help Bloomington residents.

COLUMN: End farm subsidies

Farm subsidies help the wrong people and defy the free market

COLUMN: Amazon needs to stop exploiting eating disorders

Amazon should remove items from its marketplace that glorify eating disorders

COLUMN: Veganism is a privilege

Veganism is great, but not everyone can practice it

COLUMN: The effects of extreme partisan gerrymandering

Current gerrymandering laws remove voting power from Americans.

COLUMN: To combat terrorism, change its definition

If we want to curb domestic acts of terror, we have to call them what they are.

EDITORIAL: Inmates deserve transparency

A lethal injection cocktail not chosen publicly could have detrimental effects on death row inmates.

COLUMN: Rescind the Dickey Amendment

We need to be able to understand gun violence in order to solve it.

COLUMN: Joe Donnelly needs to move left

Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Indiana, will need to ditch his centrist views in the midterm race in order to secure his seat.

COLUMN: Rolling back birth control coverage is hypocritical

Making birth control harder to obtain will do nothing to decrease the rate of abortions.

EDITORIAL: Do not support Nelly until his name is cleared

Side with victims of assault by boycotting the music of their aggressors. 

EDITORIAL: Refusing Seuss books was divisive, hypocritical

We can't just challenge ideologies when it's politically convenient.

COLUMN: Give non-binary artists the credit they deserve

We can't drown out the voices of those who aren't cisgender.

LETTER: Benton mural coverage lacking

COLUMN: We need to fix the way we are talking about Las Vegas

Be tactful with your words following a mass shooting.