News & Features
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...
Decorah Pride hosts six events for LGBTQ+ visibility, diversity and “unleashing creativity” on Saturday, Sunday
DECORAH – Decorah Pride has a phrase in its slogan that goes beyond increasing LGBTQ+ visibility and celebrating diversity. The nonprofit in far northeast Iowa is also dedicated to “unleashing...
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...
