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Red Tails, A Historically Accurate Film?

Posted on 03/01/2012 by Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua

By Sundiata Cha-Jua Dr. Sundiata Cha-Jua is a Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies and History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Previously published at: http://illinois.edu/lb/article/72/59144 America’s first unit of African-American fighter pilots, the highly decorated Tuskegee … Continue reading →

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Save Starved Rock! Stop the Sand Pit!

Posted on 02/15/2012 by Pricilla Wallis

Starved Rock State park is located along the historic south bank of the Illinois River. Starved Rock is known for its many canyons and hosts over two million tourists a year. It has 2360 acres of natural wildlife, rivers and … Continue reading →

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Learning the Lessons of Depleted Uranium

Posted on 02/15/2012 by Belden Fields

By Conrad Wetzel   One of the most significant wastes obtained from producing fuel for nuclear reactors and atomic bombs is depleted uranium. An isotope which can be fissioned is uranium U-235, the material used in civil and nuclear military … Continue reading →

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Book Reading: “the alphabet blows through the open window” by Danielle Chynoweth

Posted on 02/15/2012 by Public i

Poetry Performance and Book Release for  “when the bed shakes and the walls breathe and the alphabet blows through the open window” Poetry by Danielle Chynoweth written between 1994 and 2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saturday, March 17th 7-9pm at the Channing-Murray Foundation … Continue reading →

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Our Government Has Been Hijacked! The Occupy movement is here to take it back.

Posted on 02/15/2012 by Emmanuel Goldstein

Emmanuel Goldstein The Problem: Our political system is broken because corporations are allowed to use their wealth to buy political influence. Most Americans believe that everyone should have the same amount of say in government, regardless of how much money … Continue reading →

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Crisis for U of I President Hogan

Posted on 02/15/2012 by anonymous

U of I President Michael Hogan had little reason to enjoy his winter vacation. Not even his $600,000 plus salary could buy him a break.  Sometime around mid-semester, Hogan probably thought he was on a roll. His Enrollment Management Plan … Continue reading →

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The End of a War for Whom?

Posted on 02/15/2012 by Sarah Lazare

On the day I heard that President Obama had officially declared the Iraq war over, I was at the Danville Veterans’ Administration hospital (VA) with my partner S, an Iraq War veteran. S is six months into a disability application, … Continue reading →

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Champaign: the City Above the Law

Posted on 02/15/2012 by Belden Fields

Take one: an individual asserts his rights under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act In 2009, dentist G. Mark Gekas lodged a complaint with the Sangamon County sheriff’s office that he had been brutally mistreated by deputy sheriff John Gillette … Continue reading →

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A Residency Requirement Might Help Police Situation

Posted on 01/18/2012 by Dannel McCollum

A Residency Requirement Might Help Police Situation   Dannel McCollum, a former Champaign mayor and a Democratic candidate for the state Senate in 2002, is a historian and a freelance writer.   This piece originally appeared in the News-Gazette on … Continue reading →

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Cartoon on June 5th Incident

Posted on 12/19/2011 by Public i
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Police Violence in Champaign: City Manager Holds a Not Very Newsy Press Conference

Posted on 12/19/2011 by Belden Fields

    Belden Fields   After the Sunday November 20 issue of the News-Gazette published a front page article on excessive violence against a black youth by the Champaign police near campus on June 5, Champaign City Manager Steve Carter … Continue reading →

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Community Members, City Leaders Search for Answers in June 5 Arrest

Posted on 12/19/2011 by Belden Fields

Jerehme Bamberger   A squad car video of a confrontation between a Champaign city police officer and a local African American youth has raised serious concerns about the relationship between the CPD and high-ranking city officials in the last week.  … Continue reading →

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Heather Ault: Visualizing 4000 Years of Choice

Posted on 11/28/2011 by Marya Burke

Adapted from Sunday 20 November 2011 Interview By Eleanor J. Bader published online in  On The Issues Magazine | Op-Ed Heather Ault holds a Master of Fine Arts and her current position is as a graphic designer at the Office of Online … Continue reading →

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The US Today: Economic Stagnation, Political Paralysis

Posted on 11/10/2011 by Mark Weisbrot

Mark Weisbrot   First published in the Guardian guardian.co.uk, Friday 7 October 2011   Given mass unemployment and stimulus spending blocked in Washington, no wonder people are taking to the streets The monthly employment report for September, released Friday, shows … Continue reading →

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Black Youth Beaten by Champaign Police

Posted on 11/01/2011 by Brian Dolinar

It has been two years since Kiwane Carrington was killed by a Champaign police officer, but 18-year-old black youth, Calvin Miller, is still afraid of the police. So when a Champaign cop attempted to pull him over for no apparent … Continue reading →

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GEO Victory! Arbitrator Rules in Favor of Tuition Waivers

Posted on 11/01/2011 by Rodrigo Pacheco-McEvoy

Tuition waivers have long been an important issue for graduate employees at the University of Illinois. As such, the recent arbitration victory for the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) against the UIUC administration marks the beginning of another long battle regarding … Continue reading →

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Acceptance Speech by Danielle Chynoweth for Woman of the Year Award 2011

Posted on 11/01/2011 by Danielle Chynoweth

On October 13, 2011, UC-IMC co-founder Danielle Chynoweth was presented with the Woman of the Year Award at an event organized by the News-Gazette. To a packed room of more than 300 people, she gave the speech that appears below. … Continue reading →

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Errata to City Court Article

Posted on 11/01/2011 by Belden Fields

I would like to correct two errors of fact that I made in an article on Champaign’s City Court in the November 2010 issue of the Public i  First, I stated that the “court/expense fee,” the fee that a guilty … Continue reading →

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Al Jazeera Reporter Visits UCIMC

Posted on 11/01/2011 by Public i

Franc Contreras, a reporter for Al Jazeera based in Mexico City stopped by the IMC when he was in town. He gave a talk on campus about the drug war in Mexico sponsored by La Casa, the Department for Dept. … Continue reading →

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Photos from Troy Davis Rally

Posted on 11/01/2011 by Public i

These photos were taken at a rally for Troy Davis in front of the alma mater on September 21, 2011 the day he was executed in Georgia.  Credit: Mary Gen Davies.  

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