News & Features
Quad Cities Pride Parade June 1 offers free participation
QUAD CITIES -- You don't have to pay this year to be part of the Pride Parade in the Quad Cities. QC Pride, the nonprofit that organizes the annual ritual, announced this week they're waiving fees...
Groups throughout Illinois, Iowa call for Pride volunteers
At least 13 Pride groups are putting out a strong call for volunteers this year. Read about the Pride volunteer needs in communities including Aurora, Carbondale, Dubuque, the Des Moines area, Elgin, Galena, Iowa City, Peoria, the Quad Cities, Springfield, and Woodstock.
Opinion
A game that’s serious about LGBTQ+ community, relationships: Mass Effect
I often tell people I was born with an Atari 2600 controller in my hand. One of my earliest memories was my parents showing off the Atari at my grandparents' house to my aunts and uncles. Games of...
Warhol numbs, Dylan Kelly makes us care: two Scholastic Art Award winners then, now
This is a case of a lesson learned, and then unlearned. Some years ago, as a high school art teacher, I learned to withhold praise for personal styles in student work. Teens, not fully formed in...
