Lies, melodrama, and the hunger to control guns and drugs: roots of police brutality
Days after Derek Chauvin’s trial resulted in full convictions last week for George...
Read MorePosted by Christine Hawes | Apr 26, 2021 | Columns, 2021, BIPOC, Social Justice
Days after Derek Chauvin’s trial resulted in full convictions last week for George...
Read MorePosted by Christine Hawes | Apr 4, 2021 | Social Justice, 2021, BIPOC, Central Iowa, Education
GRINNELL, IA — The straight white male history teacher could not have been more repentant....
Read MorePosted by Christine Hawes | Mar 13, 2021 | Photos & Videos, 2019, 2021, Eastern Iowa, LGBTQ+
Jana Bondurant. Bruce Teague. Misty Rebik. Dayna Shanell. Aime Wichtendahl. Francis Kuehnle. They’re among the faces featured in this photo gallery of One Iowa’s “You Be You” fashion show in 2019.
Read MorePosted by Christine Hawes | Mar 7, 2021 | Columns, 2021, Health
We are now deep in the throes of pervasive vaccine inequity. No clearer illustration exists than a...
Read MorePosted by Christine Hawes | Jan 19, 2021 | Columns, 2021, BIPOC, Politics and Voting, Social Justice
Today’s the start of the Biden-Harris era. But more importantly, let’s make it the “End of...
Read MorePosted by Christine Hawes | Jan 18, 2021 | 2021, BIPOC, Eastern Iowa, News, News and Features, Social Justice, Western Iowa
Sandwiched between the historic attempted insurrection two weeks ago and the coming Presidential...
Read MorePosted by Christine Hawes | Jan 14, 2021 | Columns, 2021, BIPOC, Eastern Iowa, Social Justice
Please partake of the information in this two-part attempt to close out The Real...
Read MorePosted by Christine Hawes | Dec 8, 2020 | 2020, Eastern Iowa
IOWA CITY — Our worlds are changing so quickly — and one great illustration of that is...
Read MorePosted by Rebecca Hathaway | Nov 29, 2020 | 2020, Eastern Iowa, News, News and Features
CEDAR RAPIDS — A new home for ReAlive Metaphysical means more space inside and outside for a...
Read MorePosted by Christine Hawes | Nov 15, 2020 | Features, 2020, Eastern Iowa, News, News and Features
The tattooing is over — but the fundraising has just begun. Take a look below at the artists...
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