News & Features
Ben Greene, ‘transgender Mr. Rogers,’ brings message of cultivated joy to Mount Pleasant, Iowa City
Learn about Ben Greene, author of “My Child is Trans; Now What?” and a public speaker on transgender joy who is appearing at The Belle Center in Mount Pleasant and Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City Sunday.
Latest Bulletin highlights Animal Welfare, Volunteer Needs
The latest edition of The Bulletin from MainStream is out now, providing timely news shorts with links to learn more, and highlight events (also with links) throughout Illinois and Iowa through...
Opinion
ADVOCACY: Make homes accessible to people with limited mobility by following the three basics of “visitability”
“Visitability” benefits not just people using wheelchairs, but also “aging parents, young families with strollers, friends with broken legs, and workers hauling deliveries or furniture.” writes quadriplegic, disabled advocate and professional communicator Allaina Humphreys from Bolingbrook, Ill.
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.
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...
