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Loved ones, especially women, forced to endure debt, poverty and trauma as result of having a loved one locked up “When we think of people who talk about safety and what safety means, we should think of safety as being … Continue reading →

Shawn Gilmore President, NTFC Local #6546 In the September issue of The Public i, I introduced the revamped Non-Tenure Faculty Coalition (NTFC Local #6546), the union that represents more than 500 non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty on the UIUC campus. I noted … Continue reading →

[T]he chancellor who hired the professor, then fired the professor by claiming he had never been hired in the first place; who resigned in the wake of an ethics scandal over her use of a personal email account (and destruction … Continue reading →

A little over a year ago, a majority of the non-tenure-track (NTT) faculty on the UIUC campus authorized the formation of a union, the first certified faculty union on our campus. You might not know it, though, as our union, … Continue reading →

Drone operators at Balad Camp Anaconda, Iraq, August 2007. (Photo: Air Force/public domain) Dozens of U.S. military veterans released an open letter this week urging drone operators to “refuse to fly missions” or support them in any way—and letting them … Continue reading →

The New Art Film Festival takes place October 4 at the Art Theater Co-op in downtown Champaign. The festival treats its audiences to a mix of shorts, features, and live presentations, all drawn from a homegrown film culture that has … Continue reading →

UC Books to Prisoners is holding its Saturday, October 17, 2015, 12-5 p.m. Thousands of high quality books from fiction to text books will be available.  Come early for the best selection. At the Independent Media Center, 202 S. Broadway, … Continue reading →

In the first six months of 2015 the Steven Salaita drama has played out in a number of acts, or scenes, culminating in the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) formally censuring Illinois in June. Matt Finkin talks about how … Continue reading →

In June, Champaign Country Associate Judge Richard Klaus was removed from his position by fellow Judges in the Sixth Judicial Circuit. This is the first time in 37 years that these judges have removed a colleague. The reason given was … Continue reading →

By Johnny Page What’s it going to take for us to do something? To do something besides run our mouths; Do we have to lose all our children to caskets and cages before we do something? Do we allow their … Continue reading →

The new book, A Costly American Hatred, written by Joseph Dole, is available now on Amazon. Dole’s articles were published in The Public i while he was locked up in the infamous Tamms prison, which has since been closed down. … Continue reading →

“Talks on Our History and Its’ Artistic Representations” Exploring African American History, In Illinois & Throughout The United States. With writer Brian Dolinar, editor of “The Negro in Illinois: The WPA Papers,” and artist Jason Patterson, who’s work in portraiture … Continue reading →

The Odyssey Project offers U of I classes to the community. They take place at the Urbana Adult Education Center. The deadline for applications to attend Fall 2015 classes is August 17. If you or anyone you know would be … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →