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UIUC Chancellor Phyllis Wise has soiled herself, and the university’s reputation, by how she and her administration have handled the hiring and summary dismissal of Prof. Steven Salaita. Up until at least the evening of July 22, 2014 Chancellor Wise … Continue reading →

India Watcher earned a Ph.D. at UIUC       In a major upset, the two-year old Aam Aadmi Party (AAP, Common Man’s Party) won the elections to Delhi’s state legislature on February 10, 2015, winning 67 seats out of … Continue reading →

Sarah Lazare is a staff writer for Common Dreams and an independent journalist whose work has been featured in The Nation, Al Jazeera, TomDispatch, Yes! Magazine, and more. She is also an anti-militarist organizer interested in building people-powered global movements … Continue reading →

It is no longer necessary to argue that corporatization, the neoliberal application of business practices to the university, is occurring at UIUC. The latest example is the proposed public-private UI-Carle medical school spearheaded by Chancellor Phyllis Wise. “This article resonates … Continue reading →

OverCriminalized Tuesday, Feb. 10th, 7:30PM. Art Theater, downtown Champaign, Champaign County ACLU is sponsoring this free showing of a film on alternatives to criminalization. Panel discussion to follow. OverCriminalized profiles three promising and less expensive interventions that may actually change … Continue reading →

On Monday night, January 12, 2015, Aaron Ammons sat in the front row of the audience at the Urbana city council meeting. The purchase of Tasers for police was being discussed. He got a call and stepped out of the … Continue reading →

University of Illinois (UIUC) Chancellor Phyllis Wise, already at the center of the Steven Salaita affair, is proposing that UIUC and Carle partner to build a medical school. A public university pursuing a large-scale project with the private sector is … Continue reading →

By Chandler Davis Chandler Davis had to ply his trade in Canada, turning emeritus at the University of Toronto in 1992 after thirty years in the tenured ranks.  Nevertheless he was not forgottenby US colleagues, and was even elected Vice-President … Continue reading →

On Saturday November 15th, when the University of Illinois men’s football team meets the Iowa Hawkeyes, WEFT 90.1 will be hosting a fundraiser at the three Champaign Telephone Parking lots located at 1300 South Neil Street in Champaign. WEFT will … Continue reading →

SPEAK CAFE’ (OPEN MIC/POETRY SET) Thursday, Nov. 13, 7-9 p.m. Theme: “Art Changes the Season” Krannert Art Museum (500 E. Peabody)

The Public i is happy to announce two new sustaining members, The Art Theater Co-op and Smile Politely. The Art Theater Co-op is a century-old treasure in downtown Champaign (126 W. Church St.) that screens independent and international films in … Continue reading →

The Herbert Brün Society & the School for Designing a Society are excited to offer their new joint venture beginning this Fall. National, international and local artists/activists–former students of Herbert or Marianne Brün–will be offering 8 interactive presentations/workshops to talk … Continue reading →

WEFT 90.1 FM, and DocFactory Bring Internationally Acclaimed “Shadows of Liberty” Documentary to Champaign Tuesday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m. The ART Theater Co-op (126 W. Church St., Champaign IL 61820) The Shadows of Liberty Coast to Coast Screening & … Continue reading →

The Salaita Affair Professor Steven Salaita posted several thousand tweets during the 2014 Israeli-Gaza conflict highly critical of Israel, frequently couched in passionate, incendiary language. Over the war’s seven weeks, 71 Israelis were killed, and over 2100 Palestinians, including 500 … Continue reading →

Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC) needs your help and support to protect drinking water in Central Illinois from toxic contamination. As unbelievable and irresponsible as it seems, drinking water for more than 750,000 residents in 14 counties in Central … Continue reading →

This article is about two cases in which the State’s Attorney’s office entered into a criminal plea agreement with individuals and then brought them before the DUI court of Judge Richard Klaus for sentencing. The first involved Katheryn Daly, a … Continue reading →

After midnight on Saturday, July 19, dozens of workers with heavy machinery, protected by hundreds of special-unit police, installed the Monument to the German Occupation on Szabadság (Freedom) Square in central Budapest. The surprise nighttime action and heavy police presence … Continue reading →