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OK Go was the first band to create a viral music video back in 2009, with their famous treadmill video for “Here It Goes Again.” Since then, their music videos have yielded between 2 million to 45 ...
“At Hubbell: Male, Black hair. You dropped something…my jaw,” an anonymous user of LikeALittle said. LikeALittle is the anonymous flirting website sweeping college campuses across the world. Recently ...
On the brisk afternoon of Jan. 25, hundreds of people gathered in front of the Iowa Capital with a determination to make their voices heard as they protested the deportation of undocumented immigrants ...
Cheerleaders pop and lock and leap. Lights twinkle all about the stands. Fans covered in gold and purple chant, “Skol.” U.S. Bank Stadium is the place to be on Minnesota Vikings game day. Yet, Jillian ...
The faded and cracked mural on the backside of Jethro’s is one of the last intact remnants of the shuttered BBQ joint. Photo by Meghan Holloran Doc Holliday’s Roadhouse was slated to move into 3100 ...
This past weekend, Des Moines welcomed “A Taste of Reelabilities,” a film festival featuring films made by and about the disability community. This marked the festival’s first appearance in Des Moines ...
Prior to taking office, Donald Trump led a campaign that championed “making America great again.” While many people embraced this idea with open arms, some of Trump’s promises set alarm bells blaring ...
“Star Wars: The Bad Batch” is nine of 15 episodes through its third and final season, and so far, the show’s quality has remained on par with the previous two seasons. Good, but not great. Be warned, ...
Cowles Library staff and patrons alike take in a mysterious pod that unexpectedly appeared next to the New Arrivals shelving one day. Inside this mysterious box is a sensory-friendly study space. With ...
Drake University’s budget has come under scrutiny since the University cut registered student organization budgets and proposed the elimination of programs. To understand Drake’s budget challenges, ...
Abdul Samad remembers the birth of black rights activism in Des Moines, as a lieutenant in the Black Panther Party. “I started my work because of injustice – injustice of black folk, of colored people ...
Editor’s Note: The first reference to Museum Curator Leo Landis was mistakenly cut from the article when it went live. It has been fixed. In February of 1881, in uncertain financial positions, a group ...