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.
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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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