Features Articles
Ben Greene, ‘transgender Mr. Rogers,’ brings message of cultivated joy to Mount Pleasant, Iowa City
Learn about Ben Greene, author of “My Child is Trans; Now What?” and a public speaker on transgender joy who is appearing at The Belle Center in Mount Pleasant and Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City Sunday.
News Articles
More To the Story: Clock Inc. financial crisis started years ago and persists despite strong grant funding, constant fundraising
Clock Inc. triggered a new fundraising flurry and widespread media coverage when it announced it had lost grant funding because of the Trump administration and might close in August without more donations. A look at public records shows the Quad Cities LGBTQ+ nonprofit had one of its best grant years ever in 2025, has been in financial crisis since 2024 and began losing revenue in 2023 during the Biden administration.
Commentary
Taking on the big one: Clobbering the Biblical LGBTQ+ Clobber passage of I Corinthians 6
Of all the LGBTQ “clobber passages” of the Bible, 1 Corinthians 6 is considered the big one. It’s the subject of the acclaimed documentary “1946: The Mistranslation That Shaped a Culture,” and it’s the passage Pastor Tyler Yost takes on in his latest installment of Clobbering the Clobber Passages.
Reviews
REVIEW: ‘Braiding Sweetgrass’ and Robin Wall Kimmerer ethos of reciprocity is a philosophy for today
What if we lived like the corn, beans and squash — each filling a role that supports others, while also receiving what we need? Danny Trip centers on this concept in their review of “Braiding Sweetgrass,” a “book of indigenous wisdom” by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
