Chelsea Hottovy remembers the moment she realized she didn’t want children. At 23 years old, she held an office job where all seven women in her immediate vicinity were mothers. Some had […]
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Minnesota Meets Marijuana
He had just turned 18. Des Moines resident Allen Henderson was on his way back home from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri, back in 2017 when police pulled him over for […]
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Drag is for Everyone
A performer steps on stage. She’s wearing heels, a fierce wig and a metallic-colored dress, lip syncing to Lady Gaga and Beyoncé’s “Telephone.” She struts the stage, tossing her hair and singing […]
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Caring In Chaos
Jacinda Nava Romero remembers three things about working as a nurse in March 2020: reusing face masks during those 12-hour-plus shifts, seeing the lines of the mask across her face at the […]