Black History Month events, nationwide Farm Sanctuary celebration top this month’s calendar
A vibrant, diverse and thoughtful Black History Month lies ahead for Iowa and Illinois, with the...
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Author: Christine Hawes
Key City Pride in Dubuque moves forward with diverse tone starting Feb. 6
DUBUQUE — Key City Pride is moving forth with at least five months of events through June,...
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The Biden-Harris era as an antidote to nihilism, full-spectrum
Today’s the start of the Biden-Harris era. But more importantly, let’s make it the “End of...
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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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“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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