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‘Who’s going to run the place?’: Advocates worry about Shawnee Forest’s future amid waves of federal layoffs 

  • By Kristin D. Borchers
  • June 5, 2025

The Shawnee National Forest spans 289,000 acres across southern Illinois. Popular destinations like Garden of the Gods, Little Grand.

Media News, Midwest

News Analysis: Rural journalism needs more study, broader understanding

  • By AI Cross
  • May 29, 2025

The state of rural journalism in the United States is parlous. Just how parlous is hard to tell. Journalism.

Media News, Midwest

In Conversation: Sixty years of civil rights activism by the iconic Percy Green

  • By William H. Freivogel
  • May 22, 2025

Sixty-one years ago, Percy Green began a hunger strike in front of the office of then-St. Louis Treasurer John.

Media News, News, Opinion

Race and St. Louis: A reflection on event that shaped my life

  • By Linda Lockhart
  • May 15, 2025

Linda Lockhart died May 4 after a long career in Midwest newsrooms from St. Louis to Madison and Milwaukee..

Media, Media News, News

Student newspapers cover Trump’s attacks on DEI,free speech

  • By Scott Lambert
  • May 8, 2025

While the national press debates President Trump’s DEI initiatives at colleges and universities across the country, college newspapers find.

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