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Maritza Bandera, Healing Illinois program manager, Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS), joins Community Voices to share how this grant program works to increase equity, understanding, and engagement between all races in Illinois.

Orignially aired April 8, 2021.Dr. Ty Dooley is an Associate Professor of Public Administration at the University of Illinois Springfield. Dr. Dooley's…

A recent report illustrates just how much harder it is for people who aren’t white to get small-business loans.Champaign entrepreneur Jemiyah Beard faced…

Commentary: A North Shore suburban native reflects on the community's troubled racial history.In 1962, my parents adopted an infant girl who they named…

In a world where "fake news" is a term known by just about anyone paying attention to current events, journalism's importance and history is increasingly…

The standard of living for African-American children in Illinois is worse than most other states. That’s according to a report released Tuesday by the…

Robert Moore has spent over 40 years in law enforcement. The Mississippi native and veteran moved to Illinois where he began his career as a State Trooper…

Poverty rates for the biggest racial minority groups in Illinois are two to three times higher than those for whites. The information comes from a new…

Back in June of this year - a young white man walked into an historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a fixture in the local civil…

Reporter for St. Louis Public Radio, Rachel Lippmann, has been following the events in Ferguson after the shooting death of Micheal Brown for the year…