With courage and care: history and Eisenhower tell us how to handle January 6

Jan 11, 2022 | Columns, 2022, Education, Opinion, Politics and Voting

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.

Positive deviants, conflict entrepreneurs, keeping it real, and the new way

Jan 10, 2022 | Columns, 2022, Opinion

Amanda Ripley and her book on “High Conflict” resonate with the type of journalism The Real Mainstream aspires to provide.

Cameroon refugees and their “Joseph and Mary” story uplift Quad Cities pastor, congregation

Dec 21, 2021 | Columns, 2021, Eastern Iowa, Northwest Illinois

Ronald and Ines, refugees from Cameroon, are giving Metropolitan Community Church of the Quad Cities and Pastor Rich Hendricks an unexpected holiday lift.