Rainbow Cafe’s Art Auction // COVID Burdens Prisons // Downstate Office For LGBT Chamber // Body Cam Grants // Pride Night In Bloomington-Normal
Illinois’ LGBTQ Chamber opens “downstate” office SPRINGFIELD – Aiming to expand...
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Category: January 2022
Fairfield under strife // Mason City surrenders mascot // Cedar Rapids’ Basix grabs headlines // Capital City Pride kicks off // Hurst stands up for Black female candidate
Read about community strife in Fairfield; Mason City’s change of logo and mascot; Glenn Hurst’s latest push; Capital City Pride’s first Gala; and headlines for Basix and Studio 13, two LGBTQ bars in eastern Iowa. Plus more.
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“American Dirt:” Who’s entitled to tell the stories of the marginalized?
Who is “entitled” to tell the stories, asks Cathy Chavez in her review of the controversial book “American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins.
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TRM’s new tagline focuses on critical thinking
TRM’s new tagline focuses on critical thinking.
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Latest Matrix film evolves from revolution to breaking the binary (Review)
What makes Matrix Resurrections stand out above its predecessors, and most of today’s films, is its critique of the technological world we’ve created in the 20 years since the last Matrix film was released in 2003.
Read MoreAre teachers architects, or mail carriers?
Iowa is caught in the middle: middle America, middle-class, middle income, right in the middle of the country. The town where I teach, Grinnell, is in the middle of Iowa. And now, teachers like me are in the middle of a cultural...
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With courage and care: history and Eisenhower tell us how to handle January 6
For a cue on how to handle January 6 in classrooms and beyond, history teacher Kent Mick recalls Eisenhower’s stance to support desegregation in 1957.
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Positive deviants, conflict entrepreneurs, keeping it real, and the new way
Amanda Ripley and her book on “High Conflict” resonate with the type of journalism The Real Mainstream aspires to provide.
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Former teacher discovers artist inside
CEDAR FALLS — For more than 30 years, Lisa Breithaupt poured herself into teaching kids and...
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