News & Features
New ‘Affirming Congregations of the Quad Cities’ aims to heal LGBTQ+ religious trauma
“Affirming Congregations of the Quad Cities” aims to heal religious trauma by uniting diverse LGBTQ+ affirming faith groups in events, and a welcoming message.
Group singing for social justice and LGBTQ+ Pride is taking off in the Quad Cities
Community Singing for Sanity, a Pride Pop-up Choir, and a Justice Choir are bring group singing alive in the Quad Cities. Read about these and group singing efforts all throughout Illinois and Iowa.
Opinion
Latest Matrix film evolves from revolution to breaking the binary
What makes Matrix Resurrections stand out above its predecessors, and most of today’s films, is its critique of the technological world we’ve created in the 20 years since the last Matrix film was released in 2003.
Are teachers architects, or mail carriers?
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...



