Bill to repeal licensure requirements for hair braiders stalls in the House. Here’s why.
The measure needed a final vote but wasn’t called after opponents showed up to voice their concerns.
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School board votes out Champaign Unit 4 Superintendent Shelia Boozer
The first Black, female superintendent of Champaign Unit 4 schools has been pushed out after four years.
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The Beat returns to downtown Champaign
The Beat kicks off this Saturday at 8pm in downtown Champaign.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US will begin revoking the visas of Chinese students
China is the second-largest country of origin for international students in the United States, behind only India. In the 2023-2024 school year, more than 270,000 international students were from China, making up roughly a quarter of all foreign students in the U.S.
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Trump ambushes South Africa’s president with false claims of ‘white genocide’
Trump repeated false claims of a “white genocide” in South Africa and then ordered the lights dimmed to play videos he said supported his allegation.
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Native ancestors’ return to rest: A paperwork-laden process underway in Illinois
Two of the country’s largest collections of Native American human remains are held by museums in Illinois.
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Family of former U of I administrator seeks honorary street name in Champaign
Former U of I dean Clarence Shelley’s family wants to commemorate his legacy with an honorary street sign on John Street in Campustown.
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‘Our identity has been frozen in time’: How Native American advocates are influencing Springfield
Attendees of the 2025 Native American Summit, organized by the Chicago American Indian Community Collaborative, were draped in regalia and leading a drum ceremony for the first time in an Illinois that was home to a federally recognized tribe.
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Longtime Chicago friend describes first American pope as ‘very dedicated’
The Rev. Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, hails from Chicago’s South Side.
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Black smoke pours from Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected as conclave opens
The smoke billowed out at 9 p.m. Wednesday, some four hours after 133 cardinals solemnly entered the Sistine Chapel, took their oaths of secrecy and formally opened the centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis to lead the 1.4 billion-member church.
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University of Illinois Pro-Palestinian protests one year later: Felony charges, new policies and fear
One year later, the campus’ political climate is in a much different place. For many students, their decision to speak out has taken a toll.
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Playing the Changes: How jazz music helped unite a South African university
Darius and Catherine Brubeck visit CU this week to discuss their work creating a jazz program in apartheid-era South Africa.
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Instead of ending DEI, University of Illinois will add ‘open to all’ language to websites
Chancellor Robert Jones and Provost John Coleman announced by email on Thursday that the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign will not strike sensitive words or phrases from websites under pressure from the federal government.
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Urbana’s Black-owned retreat cultivates healing spaces through nature
How can rest be a form of resistance? We sat down with Ujima Retreat Center in Urbana and discussed how they are reclaiming nature.
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Dialogue dives into what’s happening around Illinois
And a look at the first known cookbook by a Black American woman.
