Monthly Archives: July 2020

Cover Collage for Summer 2020 issue

Posted on 07/18/2020 by Public i

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How Are Violent Police Held Accountable in Champaign County?

Posted on 07/17/2020 by Belden Fields

On April 10, Urbana Police officers threw an African American woman, Aleyah Lewis, to the ground and punched her while she was down. She had protested the arrest of a friend. Caught on video, this led many people in the … Continue reading →

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Urbana Civilian Police Review Board Under the Spotlight After Violent Arrest

Posted on 07/17/2020 by Christopher Hansen

For the past eleven Urbana City Council meetings, residents have lined up to deliver what has amounted to more than a dozen hours of criticism and a seemingly endless stream of misconduct allegations against the Urbana Police Department. Initially sparked … Continue reading →

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Disease and Denial in Prison

Posted on 07/17/2020 by Anthony Ehlers

This letter was received from Stateville Prison in early April, reporting on conditions there during the COVID-19 crisis.q I am a student in Northwestern University’s Bachelors program. Like many other students, I also work, though in my case, both my … Continue reading →

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A Socialist Response to COVID-19

Posted on 07/17/2020 by Paul Mueth and Al Kagan

In a recent “Democracy Now!” interview, Noam Chomsky called Cuba a “superpower.” What did he mean? Well, let’s look at health care. According to the World Health Organization, Cuba has the highest ratio of doctors in the world, 8.4 for … Continue reading →

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Mateo’s Story: Connecting with the Twice-Marginalized

Posted on 07/17/2020 by Janice Jayes

If you are a Q’anjob’al speaker in CU, you are probably familiar with the young face of Mateo Sebastian. In videos shared through social media he has helped the local community keep up with information on the virus, school closures, … Continue reading →

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The Migrants of India Before and During the Covid-19 Crisis

Posted on 07/17/2020 by Anica Bhargava and Ananya Tiwari

The global COVID-19 pandemic claims to spare no race, religion, or social class. Yet over and over we see marginalized and vulnerable communities struggling to get the care and shelter they need during this crisis. India, like numerous other countries, … Continue reading →

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We Don’t Live in a Food Desert, We Live under Food Apartheid: Interview with Dawn Blackman

Posted on 07/17/2020 by Fatou Jobe

Dawn Mosley Blackman, a Chicago native, moved to Champaign in April, 1993. She is the current steward of the Randolph Street Community Garden and a pastor at the Church of the Brethren. As a military wife she lived in Europe … Continue reading →

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Digital Inequities are Social Inequities

Posted on 07/17/2020 by Brian Bell and Sharon Irish

When the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools, libraries, and other institutions that aim to serve the public, the disparities among “the public” were highlighted in ways that have long been present, but are frequently ignored. One important gap was access to … Continue reading →

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World Labor Hour Farewell

Posted on 07/17/2020 by Public i

The airshifters at WRFU 104.5 FM are sad to announce that the end of one of our most beloved programs, the World Labor Hour, is drawing near. Hosted by David Johnson, Bill Gorrell, and Gus Wood, the World Labor Hour … Continue reading →

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