Megyn Kelly knows what it means to face misogyny, public scrutiny, and the cost of speaking about sexual misconduct. That history makes her treatment of Jane Doe harder to excuse. Questioning delayed reporting is one thing; mocking a woman’s body and treating trauma responses as evidence against her crosses a very different line.

For more than two centuries, the people of Mason’s Crossing have feared the broken gargoyle watching from above St. Jude’s. They never stopped to ask what happened to him—or whether the scars they call monstrous might actually be evidence of everything he carried for them.

PrEP can reduce the risk of acquiring HIV through sex by about 99%, yet people still get judged for taking it. That is not sexual-health education; it is stigma dressed up as morality. On National PrEP Day, it is time to talk plainly about what PrEP does, who it is for, and why protecting yourself from HIV should never require an apology.

Banned Books Week may end, but the fight over who gets to decide what other people may read continues. From 1984 and Maus to Gender Queer, The Bluest Eye, and The Hate U Give, these frequently challenged books deserve something far more useful than outrage: read them, question them, and judge them for yourself.

Davenport says homelessness is a priority, yet Alderwoman Jazmin Newton says the city should do its part “but not above and beyond.” That contradiction deserves scrutiny, especially when Moline has already been sheltering people from Davenport. Human dignity should never be treated as municipal excess.

Straight men rarely struggle to understand consent when they picture themselves receiving unwanted sexual attention in a gay bar. Move the setting to a fraternity house or dorm room, though, and suddenly people start inventing exceptions. Walking through a door is not consent, drinking is not consent, flirting is not consent, and nobody gets sexual access to another person simply for being there.

Megyn Kelly knows from experience that speaking publicly about sexual misconduct can carry enormous personal and professional costs. That history makes her treatment of Cornell’s Jane Doe especially troubling, from questioning the timing of her report to speculating about her appearance, motives, drinking, and sexual behavior.

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The Cornell Seven dominate the headlines, but they are not the whole story. This article turns attention to Jane Doe, student journalist Cereese Qusba, the editors who backed her reporting, the people who handled evidence and discipline, and the Cornell community demanding answers about decisions that shaped the case.

The Cornell Seven allegations raise questions every business leader should confront: Who gets heard when someone reports harm, and whose interests shape the response? This article examines fair investigations, retaliation, board oversight, and the human cost of placing institutional reputation ahead of accountability.

Student journalist Cereese Qusba kept pursuing the reported Cornell sexual-assault case after public attention faded. Her reporting helped reconnect a nearly forgotten 2024 allegation with the 2026 civil lawsuit, renewed national scrutiny, and serious questions about Cornell’s response and the original prosecutorial review.

Before Wi-Fi, smartphones, streaming, and GPS, getting online meant screaming modems, missed phone calls, paper maps, cassette tapes, blinking VCR clocks, and printers that sensed fear. This affectionate look back at the ridiculous technology that raised us celebrates the frustration, humor, patience, and memories that came with surviving dial-up.

The Cornell Seven case raises serious questions about sexual assault allegations, investigative decisions, and institutional accountability. This detailed account separates documented developments fro...

The Cornell Seven case raises serious questions about sexual assault allegations, investigative decisions, and institutional accountability. This detailed account separates documented developments from disputed claims and examines Cornell’s response, the renewed criminal investigation, and the evidence questions still unanswered. Jane Doe’s allegations deserve a complete investigation, and the public deserves accurate reporting.

Zayne has officially found his voice, and apparently he has a lot to say. He argues, corrects me, vents, demands cookies, challenges household policy, and occasionally appears to question my basic competence. Somewhere along the way, I stopped living with a dog and started reporting to a very opinionated supervisor with four legs.

The deaths of Nolan Xavier Wells and Kohen Kartier Wiley are more than tragic headlines—they are reminders that justice requires transparency, accountability, and equal protection under the law. Through personal reflection, historical context, and an examination of today's civil rights landscape, I explore why silence is never neutral and why every family deserves to know their loved one's life mattered.

The Cornell sexual-assault allegations reopened memories I thought I had learned to live beside. I was raped, drugged, robbed, left unconscious, and then questioned about why I had been with the man I identified as my rapist. This is about consent, victim-blaming, institutional failure, male sexual-assault stigma, and why survivors should never have to defend themselves for being victims.

America continues to funnel people with serious mental-health needs into jails that were built for custody, not psychiatric treatment. Using Scott J. Carpenter’s Johnson County jail-bond post as a starting point, JT Santana examines institutional stigma, correctional mental-health care, diversion, medication safety, and his own experience of being dangerously overmedicated inside the Johnson County Jail.

Congressional service was never supposed to become lifetime employment. It is time for a constitutional amendment establishing congressional term limits, creating regular turnover, challenging entrenched incumbency, and reminding every elected official of one basic fact: the seat belongs to the public, not the politician.

By JT Santana | jtwb768 After two authorized doses of pentobarbital failed to kill her, Tennessee sent Christa Pike to a hospital for medical treatment. Her survival raises a question American law has never answered with a simple number: How many times may the government try to execute one person? Research status: October 1, 2026. This is a developing story. Christa Gail Pike remained hospitalized when much of the reporting cited here was published, and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has ordered an independent investigation.

Mary Curzon’s legendary Peacock Dress dazzled the 1903 Delhi Durbar with gold and silver embroidery, peacock motifs, and real iridescent beetle-wing cases. Behind its extraordinary beauty lies a deeper story of Indian craftsmanship, Paris couture, American wealth, British imperial spectacle, and the artisans whose work helped create one of fashion history’s most remarkable surviving gowns.

Hobby Lobby built a massive biblical antiquities collection, but thousands of objects came with serious provenance problems. Federal investigators documented false shipping descriptions, false countries of origin, a $1.6 million purchase riddled with red flags, thousands of forfeited artifacts, and a $3 million settlement. Most damaging of all, Hobby Lobby had been warned about the risk of looted Iraqi antiquities before it completed the purchase.

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence gave the world Sister Ann E. Lingus, Sister Porn Again, Sister Anal Receptive, and Iowa’s own Novice Sister Dinah Sorass. The names are outrageous, but the joke is only the doorway. From queer liberation organizing at the University of Iowa and nun habits obtained in Cedar Rapids to AIDS education, safer-sex campaigns, anti-violence work, community grants, queer youth support, legal clinics, and some of the most gloriously inappropriate fundraising events ever devised, the Sisters have spent nearly five decades turning camp into service. Their story is much funnier, much more serious, and far more Iowan than most people realize.

Suicide risk does not end at the jailhouse door. Current research shows heightened danger during early detention, long-term incarceration, restrictive housing, and the weeks following release, exposing serious gaps in correctional mental-health care, suicide prevention, reentry planning, and national mortality reporting.

Representative Steve Cohen has introduced 26 articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, creating one of the broadest presidential impeachment cases ever placed before Congress. Many of the allegations are tied to court rulings, government records, congressional disputes, financial disclosures, and documented executive actions. Yet impeachment and removal are two very different constitutional hurdles. A look at Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump’s previous trials, and Richard Nixon shows why Senate conviction has historically proved so difficult—and what would have to change for these 26 articles to produce a different result.

The rete ovarii was described more than 150 years ago, then largely pushed to the margins of anatomy. New research is forcing scientists to look again—and exposing a much larger history of female bodies being understudied, excluded from research, and treated as deviations from a male medical default.

Donald Trump’s attempt to bar CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House has now run into federal court intervention. Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the outlets’ credentials temporarily restored after finding they were likely to prevail on due-process grounds, but the larger First Amendment fight over retaliation, viewpoint discrimination, and presidential control of press access remains unresolved. The case now tests whether a president can punish disfavored reporting through access restrictions so long as the government follows formal procedures.

Humans may change the clocks twice a year, but Zayne’s stomach recognizes no legislature, scientific explanation, time zone, or microwave display. Breakfast is breakfast, dinner is dinner, and any attempt to delay either one under daylight saving time is clearly an act of administrative misconduct.

Mariannette Miller-Meeks says she is taking on Big Insurance and fighting to lower prescription-drug costs, but her congressional record tells a more complicated story. A fact check of her insulin votes, pharmaceutical and insurance industry contributions, Medicare drug-policy votes, PBM legislation, and new 2026 insulin bill shows why Iowa voters should scrutinize both campaign ads and attacks on them before November.

I thought I was Zayne’s owner. Apparently, I am an underperforming employee responsible for food service, transportation, blanket placement, household security, and maintaining acceptable treat-distribution numbers. His annual performance review has arrived, and management has concerns.

Suicide Prevention Month cannot be reduced to ribbons, hashtags, and thirty days of carefully worded concern. This is about the people who survived attempts, the people living with suicidal thoughts, ...

Suicide Prevention Month cannot be reduced to ribbons, hashtags, and thirty days of carefully worded concern. This is about the people who survived attempts, the people living with suicidal thoughts, and the people carrying the lifelong grief of losing someone to suicide. “You are seen. You are loved. You are enough. You matter.” Those words mean something only when we are willing to live them long after September ends.

Stigma is more than a slur, stereotype, or ugly joke. It becomes dangerous when labels determine who gets believed, hired, housed, treated, forgiven, trusted, or given another chance. After decades of advocacy and lived experience, I have learned that eliminating stigma requires more than changing language or attitudes; it requires dismantling the systems that make people prove they deserve their own humanity.

Trying to find a Quad Cities restaurant for 30 people without accidentally booking a banquet hall? Here are some casual, laid-back local options where the food is good, the atmosphere is relaxed, and nobody needs an emergency sport coat.

I support Rob Sand over his opponent, but support does not require silence. His Medicaid and adult-use cannabis proposals raise serious unanswered questions. After repeated attempts to obtain answers from the campaign, I am asking publicly: What exactly are the plans? What will they cost? What can a governor legally accomplish? And when will Iowa voters see the details? The campaign has until 5:00 p.m. Central on September 30, 2026, to respond.

By JT Santana | jtwb768 There are days that ask for solemn reflection, days that demand a history lesson, and days that deserve a little glitter, a little attitude, and a very clear message to anyone still confused about bisexuality in 2026: yes, bisexual people exist, no, they are not required to prove it to you, and no, their current partner does not magically rewrite their sexual orientation. September 23 is Bisexual Visibility Day, often called Celebrate Bisexuality Day or Bisexual Pride Day, and it is a day built around something that should sound ridiculously simple by now: bisexual people deserve to be seen as bisexual people.

A new Iowa political ad says Ashley Hinson is “standing up to socialism.” I went looking for the socialism. Her record shows repeated opposition to policies she describes that way, but roads, Medicare benefits, college funding and federal infrastructure spending raise a basic question: Are we debating socialism, or using the word as a political label for government programs we oppose?

More than half of people living with diagnosed HIV in the United States are now age 50 or older. That is one of medicine’s greatest victories, but survival has created a new set of challenges: cardiovascular disease, cancer, bone loss, cognitive changes, polypharmacy, poverty, isolation, survivor grief, and health systems still learning how to care for an aging HIV population. People fought for the chance to live longer. Now the measure of progress is whether those added years can be lived with health, stability, connection, and dignity.

What would I actually do with 48 hours completely alone, with no phone, obligations, deadlines, or people needing something? Apparently, I would sleep, drink coffee, write for nobody but myself, rediscover silence, negotiate with the shower, and defend myself against an increasingly hostile series of formal complaints filed by Zayne.

Forget zombies, evil dolls, secret twins, and villains who explain their entire plan. The most infuriating trope in books and movies is the massive misunderstanding that survives only because two grown adults refuse to have a 45-second conversation. From airport sprints to mysterious hugs and the dreaded “I can explain,” it is time to prosecute fictional characters who refuse to use their words.

Give me one fictional animal as a lifelong companion, and I am skipping the sensible choices entirely. I am choosing Conker the Squirrel: adorable on the outside, catastrophically questionable on the inside, and fully capable of turning an innocent afternoon into a bar tab, a misdemeanor, and several conversations with authorities.

Chris Gallant’s old leather photos became political ammunition, but the outrage says far more about America’s uneasy relationship with sex than it does about his qualifications. Congress has a long hi...

Asked which fictional character I would become for one week, I chose Samantha Stephens from Bewitched. That seemed harmless until the magic started, Davenport got weird, llamas unionized, and Zayne discovered collective bargaining. By Sunday, my dog had seized the cheese, negotiated a contract, and apparently become my landlord.

Chris Gallant’s old leather photos became political ammunition, but the outrage says far more about America’s uneasy relationship with sex than it does about his qualifications. Congress has a long history of lawmakers and candidates exploring sex, relationships, affairs, sexting, nude photos, and conduct ranging from harmless to genuinely serious. Gallant’s case offers a chance to separate consensual adult sexuality from behavior that actually bears on public office.

I finally read The Da Vinci Code after years of hearing how brilliant and unforgettable it was. The hype sent my expectations sky-high, and the book dropped them so fast I needed a parachute. Here is what that disappointment taught me about bestsellers, expectations, and trusting your own reaction to a book.

JD Vance called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence a “devil worshiping” and “anti-Christian” group, but the documented record tells a very different story. Sister Roma answered the attack by pointing to nearly five decades of HIV/AIDS education, fundraising, community service, queer ministry, and advocacy: “We do not mock nuns, we are nuns.”

Anxiety and depression can turn the most ordinary parts of life into exhausting battles. Showering, brushing your teeth, answering a message, or simply walking out the front door can require more effort than anyone else sees. This is a personal reflection on those difficult days, the shame that often follows, and learning that surviving the day can sometimes be an accomplishment in itself.

Elon Musk did not create every company, technology, or idea commonly credited to him. This evidence-based exposé separates documented achievement from mythology, examining Tesla, PayPal, SpaceX, OpenAI, government funding, autonomous-driving promises, X, DOGE, Starlink, inherited wealth, and the carefully constructed image of the lone technological genius.

If Zayne could suddenly talk, his first words would not be sentimental. They would be a formal complaint about being promised “cookies” and receiving exactly one. What follows is a very serious investigation into grammar, treats, betrayal, and one dog’s legally questionable cookie contract.

Where the hell are all the Tupperware lids? Every kitchen seems to contain a chaotic population of mismatched containers, orphan lids, suspicious takeout tubs, and one ancient plastic vessel nobody remembers buying but nobody dares throw away. After investigating dishwashers, family members, leftovers, Midwestern generosity, and the possibility of a congressional conspiracy, one conclusion becomes unavoidable: the lids are not disappearing alone. We are helping them.