The 2022 midterm election results surprised many as Republicans did not see the “red wave” they were expecting. History-making races in some states elected female and queer candidates to state offices for the first time, and states with abortion restriction...

Drake University’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts include work on an incident response plan and fundraising for the Crew Scholars program.    A response plan aims to address incidents of bias and hate Drake’s latest DEIJ (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and...

Starting July 1, 2022, changes regarding student worker pay, including a 75 cent increase to the campus minimum wage, took effect. With this decision, Drake joins a trend among employers of raising hourly wages following a worker shortage that began...

While voters cast some of the final ballots of Election Day, I mounted my bike and pedaled from the Drake University neighborhood to a senior center in West Des Moines. This was part of my role in the Associated Press’s...

Brent Appel joined the staff of the Drake Law School this fall after a distinguished legal career.  After 15 years on the Iowa Supreme Court, Appel’s tenure was coming to an end due to a statute that requires mandatory retirement...