Cedar Rapids community rallies at ICE check-in to support immigrant neighbors.  By Paul King The scene outside Cedar Rapids ICE field office on February 2, 2026. Photo by Paul King The recent actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement have drawn a spotlight on my area of the country. Iowa and Minnesota share a border, and while Iowa does not have the same problems with ICE and secret policing that Minnesota does, they are still here and Mon

Free speech in the UK remains firmly protected in law, but as communication increasingly takes place online, enforcement has expanded, and public scrutiny has grown.  By Jamie O’Meara-Nash In the UK, freedom of expression occupies a complicated place in public life.  In 2023 alone, police forces across England and Wales recorded 12,183 arrests under specific communication offences (roughly 33 arrests a day). This figure represents an increase of nearly 58% since 2019. Of thos

Students are not taught to investigate but to regurgitate. We are taught to be what conglomerate media seeks — content farmers.  The issue does not lie in the student nor in the professor, but in the system that avoids the subject and teaching of intellectual reporting. Journalists, not to be confused with talking heads, search for the truth. They are bloodhounds for corruption, injustice, and foul play.  Today, in our brave new world, the culture that broke stories like the