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Media News, Midwest

‘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

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 and Opinion, 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 and Opinion

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.

Media, Media News, Midwest

Tale of two alternative airwave legends in Missouri tells story of community radio

  • By Don Corrigan
  • April 3, 2025

In an age of digital media, podcasts and streaming, the good-old-days of community radio seem to be at an.

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