From Willis & Rainey to MLK Youth Summits: A week filled with timely events
Sandwiched between the historic attempted insurrection two weeks ago and the coming Presidential...
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Author: Christine Hawes
“Basic ethical principle that is equally good for everyone” is focus of two-parter
Please partake of the information in this two-part attempt to close out The Real...
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“Kindness Queers,” “queerantine kits” brighten LGBTQIA youths’ lives during pandemic
CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — When Anna Peters and her business partner at the Art Coop began to think...
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Social justice pioneer Kesho Scott resumes outreach to small Iowa communities
CEDAR RAPIDS — It’s been eight months since George Floyd’s death triggered nationwide...
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Challenging lessons for Iowa City, activists after controversy over rumor-mongering viral post
An editorial we ran last week turned out to be a grand social experiment. The results, outlined...
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Konnexion controversy: Just the facts!
UPDATED JAN. 15: See end of piece for additional Fact #7 We’ll keep this brief: Facts only!...
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Iowa City, let go of your witch hunt ways
I love how the universe works. Just the other day, over the holidays, I took the time to watch...
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Fresh Feel Fade team brings family feel to contemporary style
IOWA CITY – When Johanna Lopez-Velador began receiving chemotherapy in November and needed...
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Poignant live performance from ’90s dream pop Fishmans re-emerges
In spite of such a difficult COVID-consumed year for all of us, the universe gave us unexpected...
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“POC and Q+T-centered:” new Methodist denomination takes intersectional to new levels
“No one is shunned,” announced Rev. Alex Da Silva Souto, a queer native Brazilian Methodist pastor...
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