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Media News, Midwest

Student newspapers fight for future despite threats

  • By Adriana Bzovii
  • June 26, 2025

Across the country, student newsrooms are under growing pressure — facing censorship threats, funding cuts and institutional pushback. In.

Media News, Midwest

The Power of an Illinois Library Card

  • By Charessa Sistek
  • June 19, 2025

On March 14, President Trump issued an Executive Order that dismantled the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

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, 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..

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