Monthly Archives: May 2007

On Saturday, April 28, a May Day Solidarity Celebration was held at the IMC as a benefit for the Central Illinois Jobs with Justice Campaign. Also benefitting from the celebration were striking Steinway workers who had come over from Indiana … Continue reading →

Almost one year ago I wrote an article about the difficulties a local parent faced when finding specialty dental care for her child. I worried that the state All Kids Insurance Program, introduced in July 2006, would not address her … Continue reading →

The following was a talk given on April 17, 2007 organized by the College of Education. This transcription of the talk was shortened for the Public i due to space considerations. This is a very special occasion for me in … Continue reading →

Patrick Thompson’s new attorneys Robert Kirchner and Ruth Wyman recently had a major victory in the campaign to clear his name. They overturned the guilty verdict of a man who was wrongly convicted – they did this without DNA testing … Continue reading →

In the February issue of the Public i, Shara Esbenshade and Cody Bralts wrote about police abuse of power in an incident last year. In November, 2006, the Champaign Police Department was called by Dana Brenner, the associate director of … Continue reading →

This speech was given by Rev. Mike Mulberry, Community United Church of Christ (http://www.community-ucc.org), at the campus May Day “Stop the Raids” rally. The New Sanctuary Movement began on May 9, 2007, in faith communities nation wide. For too long, … Continue reading →

On April 9, 2007, local Urbana attorney Brian Silverman began a ninemonth suspension handed down by the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) in Springfield. They found credible the allegations made by a girlfriend of one of Silverman’s clients that … Continue reading →

If you have seen the local newspaper recently you may have read that some in the community think AWARE, the local anti-war anti-racism effort of Urbana Champaign, is some kind of radical group of subversives out to overthrow the government. … Continue reading →

On May Day we celebrate the struggle for the eight-hour day and other workers’ rights. In the above article, David Johnson recounts the history of May Day that is too little known in this country. Workers who try to organize … Continue reading →

During the summer of 1884, the Federation of Organized Trades called for May 1st 1886 to be the beginning of a nationwide movement for the eight-hour work day. Both state of Illinois and federal employees were already covered by an … Continue reading →