COVID-19: the Sandage Status Quo
Sheriff Jon Sandage fired back at activists in his briefing before the Mclean County Board’s Justice Committee meeting Tuesday, April 7th. “To make a...
Sheriff Sandage: Free the Homies During COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc in societies across the world, shutting down economies and pushing governments to their limit to prevent the spread of the...
Chris McCall for States Attorney Interview
I got to talk with private attorney Chris McCall, who is currently running in next years election for States Attorney. On the Democratic side,...
UPDATE: 14-year old found guilty of murder
14-year old Zaveon Marks was found guilty by a jury in Peoria County for the murder of 16-year old Zarious Fair. Predictably, there were...
Does Systemic Racism Play in Peoria Part 3
No discussion of systemic racism would be complete without including the experiences of non-white people of color. We must also analyze how migration has...
To Adult or Not To Adult
On July 13th, 2019, Zarious Malikai Fair was walking to his cousin’s house in the East Bluff. The 16-year-old had just received his first...
Does Systemic Racism Play in Peoria Part 2
Police are almost synonymous with oppression against people of color. Modern policing finds its origins in the slave patrols of the antebellum South after...
OP-ED: Reflections on Dwight: The Logic of the Savior
This is a Letter to the Editor published in the Community Word.
"On March 11, 2019, the Board of Trustees for the Village of Dwight voted...
#NoICEDwight
What Must Be Known: Dwight, IL ICE Detention Facility
There is an interest by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to construct a new immigration...
