white supremacy

White extremist propaganda surged by almost 60 percent on Midwestern college campuses last academic year. That’s according to a new report from the…

Some experiences stick with you. They cry out for reflection, for the transfigurative potential of an artistic response. That was the case for Mike Reed,…

First thing - the title of this post is not to suggest A.D. Carson won't ever be in Springfield again, but the bulk of this conversation comes from his…

Since last weekend's events in Charlottesville, Virginia – politicians and everyday citizens across Illinois have spoken out against the violence and…

About 300 people gathered near the fountains outside city hall in Springfield Sunday night. They were there to hold a vigil for racial unity in the wake…

Teaching tolerance in a time of upheaval.

A.D. Carson says he was asked by counter-protestors to speak out in response to the white-supremacist, "alt-right" and neo-Nazi organizers who had…

We ask writers, thinkers and political leaders to define how the world is changing. David Greene talks to Christian Picciolini, who spent his adolescence spreading hate as a white supremacist.

Christian Picciolini used to be a neo-Nazi. He was raised by Italian immigrants in Blue Island, a Chicago suburb. He says he didn't grow up with hate…

An effort based at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign connects the past and the present in order to better understand the global history of…