Love Letter to my Black Queer People

Posted by Goddess Carroll | Jul 21, 2020

I see you. Every time I sit down to write this column, to put into words all the tender spots in...

Everybody’s Whole Foods in Fairfield supports LGBTQ Pride, Black Lives Matter message

Posted by Christine Hawes | Jun 26, 2020

FAIRFIELD — A few years ago, Paul Praither saw a headline that wrenched his heart: a...

Posted by Cheryl Weatherford | Jun 20, 2020

The protests in 1,700-plus American communities since George Floyd’s May 25 murder have...

Posted by Christine Hawes | Jun 18, 2020

A three-day virtual festival, comedy nights, protests, family-friendly gatherings, concerts, and...

Posted by Christine Hawes | Jun 14, 2020

The city of Des Moines intentionally undertook policies in the 1930s and 1960s to limit housing...

Posted by Christine Hawes | Jun 12, 2020

While many of his fellow young Black men joined protests after the killing of George Floyd, Caleb...

Posted by Mandi Nichols | Jun 10, 2020

Four nights of spray-painting and road-blocking throughout Iowa City, by a group now known as the...

Posted by Christine Hawes | Jun 8, 2020

The protesters who have been standing off with the Iowa City Police Department and Iowa State...

Posted by Eric Kusiak | Jun 7, 2020

Eric Kusiak, staff nurse at UIHC Not what I expected when I came into work at the hospital...

Posted by Christine Hawes | Feb 12, 2020

QUAD CITIES – During a recent visit to a local shelter for people experiencing homelessness,...