Monthly Archives: September 2012

CU-Immigration Forum Holds Immigration Justice Month

Posted on 09/27/2012 by Franciso Baires

  Several local religious congregations will be holding various faith-based and immigration-themed events throughout the month of October in what is sure to be an inspiring series of local community gatherings. The Allies of Faith is an interfaith coalition of … Continue reading →

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Outstanding Documents Obtained in Police Brutality Case

Posted on 09/08/2012 by Brian Dolinar

After months of stalling, the city of Champaign has finally released documents about the incident on June 5, 2011 when a 20 year-old African American man, Brandon Ward, was choked in the back of a squad car by white officer … Continue reading →

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Flex-n-Gate Disaster, Just the Latest Chapter in a Toxic Story

Posted on 09/08/2012 by Ricky Baldwin

By Ricky Baldwin When news broke this summer that a toxic cloud of sulfuric acid at a local plant had sent eleven local workers to the hospital, horrific as the story was, many in the area were not all that … Continue reading →

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GEO Holds Rally For Fair Contract

Posted on 09/08/2012 by Public i

On Sept. 20, the Graduate Employees’ Union held a rally outside of Leavis Faculty Center where inside negotiations were taking place over a new contract.

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Champaign Housing Authority Considers Demolishing Third Black Neighborhood

Posted on 09/08/2012 by Brian Dolinar

A protest was held before the board meeting of the Housing Authority of Champaign County (HACC) on Thursday, August 23, 2012 by those questioning plans to demolish Bristol Place, a largely African American neighborhood on the North End in Champaign. … Continue reading →

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My Experiences with Worker-Owned Businesses

Posted on 09/08/2012 by Belden Fields

Walter Matherly       (Bio–After six years working in Africa and Latin America for the International Division of The Borden Company in 1954, Walter Matherly got a graduate degree in Economics from Duke and began a career in economic … Continue reading →

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The Fruits of Our Labor: Champaign’s Summer Youth Jobs Program

Posted on 09/08/2012 by Jelani Saadiq

Jelani Saadiq is a senior at Piney Woods School in Mississippi. He participated in Champaign’s summer youth employment program this summer. This summer I was bamboozled; I thought that the summer employment program would be a boring 9am-1 pm job, … Continue reading →

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Announcements for September

Posted on 09/08/2012 by Public i

Campus YMCA Fall 2012 Lecture Series All lectures are on Fridays at 12:00pm.| University YMCA| 1001 South Wright Street | Champaign, IL Beyond the Rhetoric: Key Issues in the 2012 Elections.  The Fall 2012 Friday Forum Lecture Series will … Continue reading →

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Coal Mine Proposed for Vermilion and Champaign County

Posted on 09/08/2012 by Alice Englebretsen

Alice Englebretsen lives in Urbana and has been active in the local environmental and social issues for many years. She is currently Political Chair of the local Prairie Group of the Sierra Club, but is tracking the Sunrise Coal/Bulldog Mine … Continue reading →

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Community Radio Broadcasters and Builders Converged at GRC 2012

Posted on 09/08/2012 by Paul Riismandel

Community radio broadcasters and builders converged at GRC 2012 Originally posted at Radio Survivor on July 31, 2012 by Paul Riismandel   Jennifer Waits and I attended the Grassroots Radio Conference this past weekend in Urbana, IL. These are my … Continue reading →

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Hollywood’s War on American Youth: “Dark Knight,” Aurora, Colorado, and America’s Culture of Violence

Posted on 09/08/2012 by John Reiman

Hollywood’s War on American Youth: “Dark Knight,” Aurora, Colorado, and America’s Culture of Violence by John Reimann [Editors’ Note: As part of the Public i‘s continuing commitment to political analysis of popular culture, we are publishing a critique of the … Continue reading →

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Dark Knight Rises Reimann Response

Posted on 09/08/2012 by Neil Parthun

John Reimann’s article “Hollywood’s War on American Youth” is an error-ridden piece that people should seriously question before accepting its main thesis. While not an overtly revolutionary film, “The Dark Knight Rises” can also be seen as a criticism of … Continue reading →

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Chicago Teachers Union Forum in Urbana

Posted on 09/08/2012 by Belden Fields

On Saturday, August 25, approximately fifty people attended a forum in support of the struggles of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) against the actions of the mayor and the Board of Education that he appoints.  They are fighting against the … Continue reading →

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Two Referenda Backed By Occupy CU

Posted on 09/08/2012 by Public i

There’s way too much money in politics. The airwaves are getting crammed with low-information attack ads. Ordinary people hardly ever have political conversations with anyone with very fifferentviews anymore. Just about everybody agrees with those points, but many figure there’s … Continue reading →

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“The Title IX Olympics”

Posted on 09/08/2012 by Neil Parthun

Title IX celebrated its fortieth anniversary in June. While the legislation was originally meant to target sex discrimination in hiring and employment, it has become associated with its impacts on women in sport. Since its inception, women have seen immense … Continue reading →

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Eager to Unionize. Grad Workers Wait for NLRB’s Thumbs Up

Posted on 09/08/2012 by Sarah Lazare

Eager to Unionize, Grad Workers Wait for NLRB’s Thumbs-Up By Sarah Lazare Originally published at Labor Notes: http://labornotes.org/blogs/2012/07/eager-unionize-grad-workers-wait-nlrbs-thumbs Students or workers? As grad employees wait for the NLRB to consider allowing them to unionize, some aren’t waiting for the legal … Continue reading →

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