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Category Archives: Section
City Business is Whatever the Community Cares About
Americans have been in the streets since October 8 demanding an end to the US-backed Israeli attack on Gaza. They’re at sporting events and camping out in front of top politicians’ homes. They were at tree-lighting and caroling events over the … Continue reading
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Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Justice, Middle East, Palestinians, Politics, Section, Voices, War
Tagged Gaza, Israel/Palestine, local government, Middle East, Palestinian rights, Urbana City Council, war
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IMC Holds a Second Public Safety Forum
On March 24, the UCIMC hosted a second public safety forum focused on alternative responses to traditional law enforcement. The forum was organized in accordance with calls from Urbana residents and elected officials for a study of alternatives to traditional … Continue reading
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Posted in Community, Crime, Justice, Police, police accountability, Policing, Section, Uncategorized, Violence, Youth Services
Tagged community action, police accountability, policing, public safety, public services, youth services
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After Fatal Shootings, Rantoul Police Recommended More Training: They Sent One Officer to a Gun Range—Print Version
A version of this article originally appeared on IPM Newsroom on February 5, 2024. It has been edited for space and style. See the full version on the Public i’s website. This story is part of a partnership between the … Continue reading
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Posted in Police, police accountability, Police Brutality, Police brutality, Policing, Section, Violence
Tagged police accountability, police brutality, police review, police training, Rantoul, use-of-force policies
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After Fatal Shootings, Rantoul Police Recommended More Training: They Sent One Officer to a Gun Range—Original (Long) Version
This is the full version of the article that originally appeared on IPM Newsroom on February 5, 2024. It has been edited for style. A shorter version appeared in the Public I’s May/June print edition.. This story is part of … Continue reading
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Posted in Police, police accountability, Police Brutality, Police brutality, Policing, Section, Violence
Tagged police accountability, police brutality, police culture, police review, police training, Rantoul, use-of-force policies
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Beyond Abortion: Reproductive Justice Envisions More
The human right to choose to have children or not to have children is a foundational principle in the vision of Reproductive Justice (RJ). Thus the increase in legal attacks on abortion rights and trans rights is understandably central to … Continue reading
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Posted in abortion rights, Feminism, Human Rights, Reproductive Justice, Section, Voices, Women, wonen's rights
Tagged abortion rights, birth justice, bodily autonomy, human rights, reproductive justice, women's rights
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Healing Culture in Wartime
Forty-one years ago when we organized the Common Differences conference on the UI campus, I was a young professor, already quite engaged in women’s issues, which had led to my research, writing, travels, and overall commitment. When I retired from the University of … Continue reading
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Posted in Feminism, International, Middle East, Section, Voices, War, Women, Women, wonen's rights
Tagged feminism, Lebanon, Middle East, war, women's rights, women's shelters
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Coalition of Labor Union Women for Champaign County
On the evening of March 27 more than 30 people representing about a dozen labor unions and community groups gathered at the Plumbers Local 149 Union Hall in Savoy to launch a chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women … Continue reading
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Posted in Feminism, Labor, Labor/Economics, Section, union soldarity, Voices, Women, Women
Tagged feminism, Labor, organizing, unions, women in labor
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The Case for Reparations: Champaign County
According to the Descendants Truth and Reconciliation Foundation, Black people in America own 10 cents of wealth for every dollar a white person owns, have lower life expectancies and higher unemployment, will earn $1 million less during their lifetimes, are … Continue reading
571 total views, 1 views today
Posted in African American history, African Americans, African Americans, Inequality, Labor/Economics, Racism, Section, Voices, Voices of Color
Tagged African American history, discrimination, inequality, racism, reparations, Slavery, wealth gap
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What is the Radical Black Church?
How Do We Define the “Black” Church? In some sense, the Black Church can be readily defined by its music, style of preaching and sounds. Yet these are only surface definitions—it is so much more. The Black Church was born … Continue reading
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Posted in Africa, African American history, African Americans, African Americans, civil rights, Justice, Religious radicalism, Section, Voices, Voices of Color
Tagged African American history, Black church, liberation theology, religious radicalism, resistance, Slavery
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Criminology Mixology
Criminalization, abolition, and prison reform have long been third-rail issues in America. The only benefit to this impasse of ideologies is the mountain of research that has been collected in the interim. Those of us in camp reality, camp humanity, … Continue reading
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Posted in African Americans, incarceration, Prisoners, Section, Voices, Voices of Color
Tagged African Americans, criminal justice system, incarceration, prison reform
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The Prison Economy from the Inside
Nineteen-year-old Shamar Betts of Urbana had no previous criminal record when he was arrested for “inciting a riot” via a Facebook post he wrote after witnessing the video of George Floyd’s murder in 2020. He was sentenced to three years … Continue reading
871 total views, 2 views today
Posted in African Americans, incarceration, Prisoners, Section, Voices, Voices of Color
Tagged incarceration, local African American voices, memoir, prison life
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Champaign Hired Police Chief Timothy Tyler Despite Disciplinary Past and Allegations of Misconduct—Print Version
A version of this article originally appeared on IPM Newsroom on January 9, 2024. It has been edited for space and style. See the full version on the Public i website. This story is part of a partnership between the … Continue reading
639 total views
Posted in Police, police accountability, Policing, Section
Tagged Champaign City Council, community involvement, local policing, police accountability
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Champaign Hired Police Chief Timothy Tyler Despite Disciplinary Past and Allegations of Misconduct—Original (Long) Version
A version of this article originally appeared on IPM Newsroom on January 9, 2024. It has been edited for style. See the shorter, print version here. This story is part of a partnership, focusing on police misconduct in Champaign County, … Continue reading
328 total views, 1 views today
Posted in Police, police accountability, Policing, Section
Tagged Champaign City Council, community involvement, local policing, police accountability
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The Age of Disconnect: US Policy and the War Beyond Gaza
The hypocrisy gap between US diplomatic pronouncements and US actions is no surprise to world audiences, but the disconnect on display since October 7 has put the nail in the coffin of the American Century. American officials have been invoking … Continue reading
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Posted in Foreign Policy, Imperialism, International, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Section, War
Tagged China, Gaza, imperialism, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, US foreign policy, war
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Ukrainian Refugees and National(ist) Politics in Eastern Europe
In an article in our last issue (November-December Public i), I used the case of Hungary—its positive reception of Ukrainian refugees, alongside its negative role in hindering EU political and material support of Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression—to … Continue reading
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Posted in Eastern Europe, Immigrants, International, International, Poland, Politics, Refugees, Section, Ukraine
Tagged Eastern Europe, Immigrants, migrant politics, refugees, Ukraine War, Ukrainian refugees
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As Police Budget Swells, Safety Forum Articulates a Different Vision
Crime is going down in Urbana, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at Urbana’s police budget. After a $2.25 million increase in the police budget in the last two years—largely for salary increases and bonuses—Urbana leadership is pushing to … Continue reading
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Posted in Community, Crime, Justice, Police, police accountability, Policing, Section, Violence, Youth Services
Tagged community action, police accountability, policing, pubic safety, public services, youth servicesccountability
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Third Act Comes to C-U and is Creating “Good Trouble”
It’s March 21,, 2023, a cool, just barely spring day, and the sidewalks surrounding JPMorgan Chase Bank’s downtown Chicago headquarters are filled with hundreds of chanting, white-haired elders. The cops flanking the bank’s entrance seem more bemused than wary as … Continue reading
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Posted in Climate Activism, Climate crisis, Environment, IL, Section, seniors
Tagged climate activism, climate crisis, divestment, environment, seniors
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Who is Un-American?
This article, commissioned for the Public i, appeared first in a longer version in Monthly Review on November 29, 2023, under the title “Gender, Labor, Democracy, and Americanism: U.S. History in the (Un)Making”; reprinted with permission. In the early hours of Monday, May 15, … Continue reading
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Posted in Feminism, labor, Labor militancy, Labor/Economics, Section, Voices, Women, Women, wonen's rights
Tagged feminist history, labor history, Memory, monuments, women
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She’s Everything and Everywhere: Riffs on Barbie and the Barbie Movie
Barbie deserved her own biopic. More than one billion Barbie dolls have been shipped and sold around the world since her premier in 1959, and factories in Asia are still spewing her out. From her hair down to the pink … Continue reading
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