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
Positive deviants, conflict entrepreneurs, keeping it real, and the new way
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Amanda Ripley and her book on “High Conflict” resonate with the type of journalism The Real Mainstream aspires to provide.
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...
