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Competing Iowa poll results / Overdose deaths among Blacks, Native Americans / Cannabis legalization / Election night expectations
Read about two Iowa polls with opposite results; overdose rates growing for Blacks and Native Americans; and cannabis legalization on the ballot.
Wichtendahl seeks to become Iowa’s first-ever openly transgender state-level elected official
HIAWATHA – Aime Wichtendahl was only about five years old, but she could not stop worrying about her single aunt living alone in her apartment. “She would make herself sick, literally sick, from worry,” recalls Aime’s younger sister, Sara. “She cared so much about...
News & Features
Drag N’ Paint in Peoria brings creative twist to paint party trend
Drag N ‘ Paint brings a new twist to paint parties and offers a Peoria Proud brunch edition Sunday.
Get to know Peoria’s Alexander Martin and drag persona Artemisia VanHo
Learn about Alexander Martin, aka Artemisia VanHo, a Peoria-based artist, drag performer, activist, and sexual health educator who will be featured in all three days of Peoria Proud’s celebration July 19-21.
Opinion
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.
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
