Students Say censorship promotes “narrow-mindedness,” prevents “full research”
In the new Students Say in The Real Mainstream, Grinnell High School students share how they feel about censorship in public schools.
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Category: Columns
A frown, a lesbian lens, and self-deprecating humor: Angry Old Queer Chick
Cat Sinclair embraces being old, cantankerous, lesbian, and shamelessly in pursuit of serious but funny answers to any question you may have
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Good News, After School Satan conflict likely headed to dinner tables, church gatherings
Odd as it is to say, we need things like After School Satan Clubs, whether you believe in a god or no god at all. But especially if you’re LGBTQ.
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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Cameroon refugees and their “Joseph and Mary” story uplift Quad Cities pastor, congregation
Ronald and Ines, refugees from Cameroon, are giving Metropolitan Community Church of the Quad Cities and Pastor Rich Hendricks an unexpected holiday lift.
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Progressive the 1700s way: not a bad thing
It’s a lot like obscenity: “progressive” is a word shunned by people up and down the political...
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With qualified immunity, who’s policing the police?
Qualified Immunity is the judge-invented legal doctrine that makes it impossible for many people...
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New, worse opioid epidemic calls for better solutions including legal cannabis in Iowa
Cannabis legalization in Iowa, or at least expansion of its medical marijuana program, needs to be part of the solution to a new, worsening opioid epidemic.
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