The Heartlander News

2 weeks ago | heartlandernews.com | Tom Joyce

(The Lion) — A full slate of LGBTQ events and recommended materials is being promoted by the Kansas City Public Library. Programming includes author talks, book clubs, curated film selections and community resource guides – all centered around sexual orientation and gender identity. Notably, MSNBC anchor Jonathan Capehart is slated to speak on Thursday about his memoir, Yet Here I Am: Lessons From a Black Man’s Search for Home.

2 weeks ago | heartlandernews.com | Michael Foust

(The Lion) — Even in the big-money world of the NFL, $30 million is no small sum. But that’s what NFL quarterback Derek Carr passed up when he retired in May, saying he didn’t want to force the New Orleans Saints to keep him on the payroll while he nursed an injury that limited his effectiveness. Besides – he added – the material things of this world don’t satisfy. A devout Christian, Carr pointed to his faith as the key factor in his decision.

2 weeks ago | heartlandernews.com | Tom Joyce

(The Lion) — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is facing criticism for comparing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal law enforcement officers to neo-Nazis. After ICE detained about 1,500 illegal immigrants in Massachusetts in May, the sanctuary city mayor said its officers resemble neo-Nazis more than police since they both wear masks. “I don’t know of any police department that routinely wears masks,” Wu told reporters last week.

2 weeks ago | heartlandernews.com | Suzanne Bowdey

(The Washington Stand) – It’s been a while since Americans could actually sit back and enjoy June. Now, instead of bumping into rainbows in every aisle and choking on the colored logos of every conceivable brand, there’s some freedom from the suffocating fumes of Pride Month. In these last two years, the march to pull companies back to neutral has outperformed everyone’s expectations. But in this process of rolling back decades of corporate wokeism, one thing is clear: this isn’t over.

3 weeks ago | heartlandernews.com | Michael Foust

(The Lion) — Not long ago, Forrest Frank was sitting with his wife in their Waco, Texas, home, contemplating a quiet future in business after stepping away from pop music. But then he says God planted a song in his mind. Then another. And another. He recorded those tracks and posted them online, surprised when they quickly went viral. Two albums later, Frank is now one of the nation’s leading artists – and perhaps the hottest name in Christian music.