News & Features
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.
Mass shootings in Madison, Houston // Trump’s surprisingly diverse nominees // Growth in giving to LGBTQ+ groups
Learn the latest information about mass shootings in Madison, Wis., and Houston, Tex; the surprising and historic diversity of Trump’s Cabinet nominees; and how giving to LGBTQ+ groups exploded from 2012 to 2021.
Opinion
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...
Revisit assumptions, could haves and should haves in “The Midnight Library”
Many of us humans, flawed and egotistical as we are, believe our own interpretations are the only correct or accurate ones. “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig helps readers recognize that they might be looking at things too narrowly.




