‘Uman Tok’ event at the University of Illinois will explore global efforts to address period poverty
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‘Uman Tok’ event at the University of Illinois will explore global efforts to address period poverty

Journalists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are working with student reporters in Sierra Leone to explore the issue of period poverty. The work will be presented in a documentary film titled, “Uman Tok: Tailoring Hope, Renewing Futures.”

Champaign County Jail Begins Tracking and Reporting Use of Restraint Chairs to the State for the First Time

Champaign County Jail Begins Tracking and Reporting Use of Restraint Chairs to the State for the First Time

Champaign County Jail updated the way it documents, tracks and reports use of restraint chairs after an Illinois Answers Project investigation raised questions about the facility’s record-keeping practices and failure to report incidents to a state oversight unit.

Tulsi Gabbard
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Senate confirms Gabbard as Trump’s director of national intelligence after Republicans fall in line

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence after Republicans who had initially questioned her experience and judgment fell in line behind her nomination.

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Decrease in funding for U of I’s African American Cultural Center sparks concern among students

University of Illinois students met with leaders of the Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center Monday to share their concerns about the reduction in hours of operation and the end of the center’s early arrival program for Black first-year and transfer students.