Black Lives Matter in BloNo Day 1
The murder of George Floyd by four Minneapolis police officers has ignited a fresh, new wave of protests in support of Black Liberation across...
Black Lives Matter Mclean County Jail Caravan Protest
On May Day, May 1st, Black Lives Matter Bloomington-Normal organized a car caravan action around the McLean County Jail calling for decarceration and to...
Does Systemic Racism Play in Peoria Part 4
There have been a number of public, private, and social attempts to address systemic racism in Peoria. What has been attempted? What has been...
Must We Burn Trudeau?
Justin Trudeau was the (neo)liberal pretty boy of the world’s liberals. Handsome, intelligent, well-spoken, and tolerant, his election to Prime Minister of Canada in...
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...
Does Systemic Racism Play in Peoria? Part 1
The answer to this question is obvious. There’s been a deluge of evidence showing the systemic inequalities in the Peoria area.
In 2015, Peoria was...
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...
