News & Features
STEM from Dance highlights science, technology careers to girls of color in Chicago Feb. 1
Black and Brown people — especially females — are underrepresented in science and technology careers. STEM From Dance aims to change with events like the one coming Feb. 1 in Chicago.
Love of group music, drive for affirmation inspire trio to found first-ever queer choir in southern Illinois
Two SIU grads and the leader of the Methodist Church’s Wesley Foundation at SIU are starting the first-ever queer choir in southern Illinois.
Opinion
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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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 spectrum. Its actual definition is open to interpretation, yet everyone thinks they know it when they...
