by Cheyanne M. Daniels | Mar 10, 2021 | Coronavirus, Featured
When the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in Illinois a year ago, Gov. J.B. Pritzker instated a mandatory stay-at-home order. Now the state has more than 800 vaccination sites, and nearly 3 million residents have been vaccinated so far. Even so, life in Illinois isn’t back...
by Julia Benbrook | Mar 9, 2021 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — Some large banks have recently decided to invest in Black-owned banks whose leaders say they perform an important role in increasing underserved communities’ access to financial institutions, as well as reinvesting in their communities. Black-owned...
by Cheyanne M. Daniels and Madison Muller | Mar 9, 2021 | Coronavirus, Featured, Social Justice
Robert Cloutier, fifty-seven, has spent more than half of his life at Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois. Incarcerated for nearly forty years, Cloutier has one of the more dangerous prison jobs during the pandemic: disposing of the prison’s biohazard...
by Jay Silver | Mar 8, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Some New York voting rights groups and Democratic lawmakers say the For the People Act that passed in the House last week is vital to ensuring accessible voting for everyone, while at least one Republican congresswoman called it a power grab by the...
by Hangyun Kim | Mar 5, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, Military, National Security
SEOUL, South Korea — A former U.S. Army heliport and runway at Camp Walker in South Korea’s southeastern city of Daegu were found by a South Korean government agency to be contaminated with cancer-causing substances, potentially exposing service members on the base...
by Julia Benbrook | Mar 5, 2021 | Economy, Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — The United States Capitol Police Department said there will be increased security around the Capitol for the next few days. “We have obtained intelligence that shows a possible plot to breach the Capitol by an identified militia group on Thursday,...
