Student loan debt neared $1.6 trillion in the United States, Forbes reported in February. The financial burden of public and private education impacts millions of Americans [...]
Montay McDaniel II was born and raised in Sacramento, California. McDaniel took his first college class in the sixth grade. It was an introductory math class. With the [...]
The year 2009 was a terrible year to be graduating and entering the job market. The recession had made jobs scarce, and even though starting a small business had never been [...]
When we talk about confessions, what automatically comes to mind? Is it the Usher song “Confession” or when you walk into a church to confess your sins? There are [...]
When asked the question, “What’s the biggest problem we face in America today?” what would your answer be? Some might say the economic status of our [...]
Bars and restaurants throughout Des Moines cannot function without customers. But many once-bustling establishments have become ghost towns in recent months, with no one on [...]
Pacific Islander. Asian. Latino. African-American. Caucasian. Native American. black. There are many racial and ethnic identifiers, yet disparities exist. Should the word [...]
Being able to relieve stress in a healthy way is the best form of self-care. If yoga or stillness meditation is not something that has worked previously, one form of [...]
Journalist Dom Wright interviews West Des Moines Police Officers to get their perspectives on the Black Lives Matter Movement and the department’s response to it. Black [...]