Benefits of being black include patience, critical thinking, perseverance
Think back to the historic March on Washington in 1963, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the...
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Category: Social Justice
With qualified immunity, who’s policing the police?
Qualified Immunity is the judge-invented legal doctrine that makes it impossible for many people...
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Move more police funds to social services, decriminalize cannabis: top choices to lessen police brutality in new “Break the Binary” poll
Our new “Break the Binary” poll is designed to improve public discourse by countering binary thinking along with its scary step-sibling, triangulation. Read about results of our first pilot poll; participate in the new one.
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“Tell me if I’m missing something:” minimum wage a hidden boon for corporate interests
Increasing minimum wage won’t help workers. But it will increase prices, especially for items that...
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Juneteenth 2021 in Davenport
WHAT: Juneteenth Celebration WHERE: Davenport, IA WHO: Black-owned businesses and community groups...
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George Floyd memorials today as police ethics face growing local, national questions
IOWA AND ILLINOIS — As the nation and several groups throughout Iowa and Illinois honor the...
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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...
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White Male Fear: Problem & Solutions
To the Editor: Our country and our community has a White Male Fear Problem. Not all, but too many,...
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Lies, melodrama, and the hunger to control guns and drugs: roots of police brutality
Days after Derek Chauvin’s trial resulted in full convictions last week for George...
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Race, gender and religion? Or ego, pride and control? Real-life intersectionality in Grinnell
GRINNELL, IA — The straight white male history teacher could not have been more repentant....
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