Monthly Archives: May 2015

Fight for $15 at McDonald’s in Champaign

Posted on 05/07/2015 by Public i
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Stop the Trans Pacific Partnership

Posted on 05/07/2015 by David Johnson

Nearly all the Republicans and the Obama administration are united on pushing through the most massive free trade agreement to date, called the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership). The vast majority of members of Congress, in the House and Senate alike, … Continue reading →

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“Not Anti-Union”: Shaking Up Springfield, Shaking Down the State

Posted on 05/07/2015 by Ricky Baldwin

“I’m probably .01 percent.” – Bruce Rauner, asked if he is part of the wealthiest 1% Chicago equity “salesman” Bruce Rauner succeeded in his first ever election last November with 50.3 percent of the vote, spending nearly $36 per voter … Continue reading →

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Public historians, this is your moment!

Posted on 05/07/2015 by Teresa Barnes

In the past few weeks, statues of male historic figures in public places in South Africa have been splashed with poo and paint of all hues. It has become a veritable underground movement. Cecil Rhodes’ statue has been removed from … Continue reading →

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Reflecting on the Rag: A Feminist Herstory of Pandora’s Rag on the U of I Campus

Posted on 05/07/2015 by Rachel Storm

In the spring of 1998, a handful of women’s studies students decided to start a feminist publication for distribution on campus and in the Champaign-Urbana community. Pandora’s Rag was a feminist zine (self-published, small circulation publication) that aimed to generate … Continue reading →

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‘Race’ to Borders or Why Brown Death Matters

Posted on 05/07/2015 by Gilberto Rosas

The mass detention of would-be refugees in Texas, recently covered in The New York Times Magazine, is but the latest cruel episode in the material histories of international borders and state-mediated racism. Central American women and children who’ve fled criminal … Continue reading →

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FirstFollowers Reentry Program Opens Doors

Posted on 05/07/2015 by James Kilgore

Governor Bruce Rauner has pledged to reduce the state prison population by 25% over the course of the next ten years. At present there are over 400 people in Champaign County on state parole. If Rauner makes good on his … Continue reading →

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Solving the College Tuition Problem Is Easy

Posted on 05/07/2015 by Jay Rosenstein

Center for Advanced Study Professor of Media & Cinema Studies Jay Rosenstein is the award-winning filmmaker of In Whose Honor? (1997), The Amasong Chorus: Singing Out (2004), and The Lord is Not on Trial Here Today (2010) I have solved the college … Continue reading →

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Our Sorry State

Posted on 05/07/2015 by David Prochaska

Welcome to Illinois: where the Republicans are extremists, and the Democrats are DINOs (Democrats In Name Only). In the current state budget that runs until June, Governor Bruce Rauner faced a $1.6 billion hole– a hole that would not exist … Continue reading →

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