News & Features
January 13 in history: The Long Walk displaces the Navajo, first-ever Black Cabinet secretary, Trump is impeached a second time, more
The Long Walk of the Navajos forces 10,000 Native Americanas to relocate. Homosexual would no longer mean “obscene.” America has its first-ever Black Cabinet secretary, Black elected governor, and Black NBA All-Star player. It’s This Day in History for January 13.
More than five dozen ‘ICE Out for Good,’ Renee Good vigils coming in Illinois, Iowa
More than five dozen events to protest the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and its killing in Minneapolis of Renee Good are planned throughout Illinois and Iowa today and tomorrow....
Opinion
Unlikely friendship, harsh ambition collide in ‘Fade’ at Urbana’s Station Theatre, playing through Sunday
The friendship between two drastically different Mexican-Americans, a custodian and a TV writer, centers “Fade” at Urbana’s Station Theatre.
Making it a priority: Introducing MainStream’s new Gender Identity Fact-Based Forum
Partake of MainStream’s new and growing new section, the Gender Identity Fact-Based Forum, where you’ll find research, resources, fact-based analysis and more about gender identity.
The Project Pages
Diverse survival stories drive TPQC documentary on early days of HIV epidemic
Nine Quad Citians help tell the true story of the HIV epidemic and of The Project of the Quad Cities in its early days. It’s all in the new documentary “We’re Still Here,” showing Thursday night.
Self-test kits for HIV available online at The Project of the Quad Cities aim to reduce stigma, transcend barriers
HIV self-testing has potential to help reduce the stigma of HIV testing and also eliminate barriers like language and transportation. The Project of the Quad Cities is offering test kits through an online form.
The Green Wave
New, worse opioid epidemic calls for better solutions including legal cannabis in Iowa
Cannabis legalization in Iowa, or at least expansion of its medical marijuana program, needs to be part of the solution to a new, worsening opioid epidemic.
Davenport-based FB group aims for decriminalization
Decriminalize Davenport is a growing Facebook page devoted to decriminalizing cannabis in the city of Davenport (www.facebook.com/weeddport). It is largely inspired by the unique situation of the...
