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November/December Issue Front Cover

GAZA CEASE-FIRE NOW!  92 total views

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November/December Issue Back Cover

NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH Honoring the Sovereignty and Self-Determination of Native Student Higher Education Communities Monday, November 27, 7 pm Native Chicago Jam @ The Courtyard, Illini Union Wiliam Buchholtz (Algonquin/Métis), Mark Jourdan (Ho-Chunk/Oneidal), Lanialoha Lee (Native Hawaiian), Amber Roy … Continue reading

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August/September Issue Front Cover

THE STRUGGLE FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS CONTINUES  366 total views

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August/September Issue Back Cover

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Summer Issue Front Cover

FAREWELL TO DANIEL ELLSBERG

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Summer Issue Back Cover

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May/June Issue Front Cover

US INVADED IRAQ 20 YEARS AGO. WHERE IS THE DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY?

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The Lavenders: Past and Present Queer Journalism in Champaign-Urbana

On February 23, UCIMC Executive Director Miriam Larson hosted a virtual conversation with representatives of two generations of activists in Champaign-Urbana. Mary Lee Sargent, former director of Parkland College’s Women’s Studies Program (now residing in New Hampshire), was one of … Continue reading

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Faculty and Staff Strike at Eastern Illinois University

Eastern Illinois University University Professionals of Illinois (EIU UPI, IFT Local 4100) members went on strike on April 6, after more than a year of fruitless bargaining, which forced faculty and staff to work without a contract since September, 2022. … Continue reading

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Local Mental Health Directory

Compiled by Danielle Chynoweth, Cunningham Township Supervisor Local mental health help is available! If you are struggling with issues relating to your mental health, the resources below may help you find what you need.  259 total views

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February/March Issue Front Cover

CAMPUS LABOR ON THE MARCH!    666 total views,  1 views today

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Woman – Life – Freedom: Interview on Resistance in Iran, Part 2

Part 1 of this interview was published in the December 2022 issue. The text has been substantially shortened and edited. Public i: I want to shift the discussion to the US now, and ask what can or should the US … Continue reading

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Women – Life – Freedom: Interview on Resistance in Iran, Part 1

Public i: Just start with a basic overview of what’s happening now and what sparked it, an update on the latest, and also what do you think people should know that isn’t being covered in the mainstream US media. Faranak … Continue reading

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Juneteenth 2022 at Randolph Street Garden

Seitu Ken Jones, a multidisciplinary artist who believes in the power of public art to link the past and present, spent 2020–21 as a visiting artist at the UIUC Center for Advanced Study. He returned this past June to work … Continue reading

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September Issue Announcements

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June/July Issue Front Cover

JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH  668 total views,  1 views today

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June/July Issue Back Cover

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Where to Pick Up the Public i

DOWNTOWN URBANA Beard Culture, Lincoln Square Mall Cafeteria & Co. *Common Ground Food Co-op Community Connection Courier Café Cunningham Township Office *Dancing Dog Eatery and Juicery Dirty Rascal Barber Shop Enchantment Alley Independent Media Center/Post Office Lincoln Square Mall Rick’s … Continue reading

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May Issue Front Cover

The Cost of War  436 total views

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Local Emergency Rally for Reproductive Rights

 Local citizens gather in front of the Urbana Courthouse on May 3 to protest the likely coming Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v Wade and endangering women’s right to choose.  387 total views

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