DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 20, 2020) — Out of an abundance of caution, the Davenport Public Library has postponed Shred Day, originally scheduled for September 10th, 2020. We are working with our partners to find a new date. When we do, we will post a new event on our social media channels and our Calendar of Events. The Library apologizes for the inconvenience.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 20, 2020) — On August 1, 2020 at 10AM, the Davenport Civil Rights Commission will host a special meeting on Zoom inviting the community to discuss efforts to make the City of Davenport a city of true racial equity.

George Washington, America's first president, devoted part of his 1796 farewell address to warning against "[t]he alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension." He feared perpetual war for power between political parties both as "a frightful despotism" in and of itself, and as prelude to some future tyrant seeking "his own elevation on the ruins of public liberty."Was Washington right? Sort of.

MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS (July 16, 2020) — Monmouth College has made adjustments to several 2020 fall semester events because of the COVID-19 pandemic.