He used education to escape a violent childhood. Today, he wants to help kids in similar situations
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He used education to escape a violent childhood. Today, he wants to help kids in similar situations

ByMadison Holcomb

This story includes details of violence some may find disturbing. Shamar Betts can still recall in vivid detail the moment he discovered the dead body of his friend Corsean. It was 2014. Betts was 13 years old at the time.  They were hanging out near their middle school on the South Side of Chicago when…

End of Roe v. Wade increases out-of-state abortion patients in Illinois
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End of Roe v. Wade increases out-of-state abortion patients in Illinois

ByMadison Holcomb

  CHAMPAIGN — December 24 will mark half a year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortions.  The June 24 decision to overturn Roe and the related 1992 ruling in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, individual states could suddenly regulate abortion in their jurisdictions. Bans and restrictions spread throughout the country….