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The Pygmalion Festival in Champaign brings together artists, musicians and intellectuals from across the country. It wraps up this weekend. Last year, it…
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Last night Hillary Clinton - a woman born and raised in the Chicago suburbs – accepted Democrats’ nomination for President.In roughly 100 days, voters…
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Black Lives Matter is one of the largest activist movements since the civil rights era of the 1960s. The organization has garnered more attention in…
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Last week’s shootings in Dallas, Minnesota and Louisiana have renewed attention on the relationship between police officers and African-American…
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Earlier this year, I reported on how Black Lives Matter is "more than just a hash-tag." That is obviously evident across the country as thousands of…
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Kadeem Fuller organizes community engagement for the Black Lives Matter chapter located in Champaign-Urbana. He says the time for educating white people…
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Freedom Schools were made popular during what's known as Freedom Summer, which took place during the civil rights movement - in 1964. They were meant to…
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Since earlier this year - students at Southern Illinois University Carbondale have been urging administrators to address the racism they say they've run…
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Stephen Houldsworth is a self-described "grumpy old gay man" (though his life's work aimed at bettering society suggests that characterization should be…
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In the wake of police shootings of black men and other incidents, there is a resurgence of young activists speaking out across the country. Two…