Category: 2020

Juneteenth celebrations blossom online and throughout Iowa, Illinois

Posted by Christine Hawes | Jun 18, 2020 | June 2020, 2020, Archives, BIPOC, Central Iowa, Eastern Iowa, Illinois, Iowa, News, Northern Illinois and Chicagoland, Social Justice

A three-day virtual festival, comedy nights, protests, family-friendly gatherings, concerts, and...

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Tarotscope: A Time of Unlearning

Posted by Dawn Frary | Jun 17, 2020 | Spirituality, 2020, Archives, Columns, June 2020

As a heteronormative, cisgender, white woman of European and English descent, who has lived a life...

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Iowa City, Quad Cities, Capital City, Cedar Rapids amp up Pride plans

Posted by Christine Hawes | Jun 16, 2020 | June 2020, 2020, Archives, Central Iowa, Eastern Iowa, Iowa, LGBTQ+

Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Iowa City and the Quad Cities have all expanded their Pride Month...

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Des Moines’ history of systemic racism said to be built around housing restrictions

Posted by Christine Hawes | Jun 14, 2020 | Social Justice, 2020, Archives, BIPOC, Central Iowa, Eastern Iowa, Health, Iowa, June 2020, News, Northern Illinois and Chicagoland, Politics and Voting

The city of Des Moines intentionally undertook policies in the 1930s and 1960s to limit housing...

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“The Negro Artist,” award-winning poet, opens up at 8 pm virtual reading tonight

Posted by Christine Hawes | Jun 12, 2020 | 2020, Archives, BIPOC, Eastern Iowa, Features, Iowa, June 2020, News, Social Justice

While many of his fellow young Black men joined protests after the killing of George Floyd, Caleb...

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