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National Rifle Association of America (NRA) places an advertisement at the entrance with an offer to provide free admission at Wanenmacher’s Tulsa Arms Show on April 10 and 11, 2021, at Expo Square in Tulsa, Okla. NRA is a gun rights advocacy group founded with an aim to advance rifle marksmanship.

The state of Illinois’ gun advocacy networks

By Kallie Cox, Editor-in-Chief
May 31, 2021
Mel Foster places her pistol into her holster at the Womens Shooting Club at the Tombstone Gun Range on April, 11, 2021. Before joining the group, Foster had taken a couple of home defense classes. Foster has been taking classes for several years and is a concealed carry license holder.

‘More American:’ Minority Communities and Gun Ownership

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
May 14, 2021
A #Blackgunsmatter banner hangs in one of the booths at the Wanenmacher’s Tulsa Arms Show on April 10 and 11, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla. “I would tell Black people who are considering getting a gun to do your research to talk to people you trust people who know something about guns. Go to the gun range. Find something that fits you to for it and don’t be afraid of it,” Marc Ford, a Black gun owner, said.

‘Black guns matter’

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
May 14, 2021
People wait in line at the Gun Buyback event on Friday, April 2, 2021 in Decatur, Ill.

Gun buybacks: A successful way to engage the community?

By Kallie Cox, Editor-in-Chief
May 13, 2021
15-year-old Marion track athlete Amari Tucker, is comforted by her brother Malik when seeing the size of the protest at Marion High School on Monday, April 26, 2021. Tucker was asked to turn in her uniform by her coach, Sara Baker, after complaining that Baker allegedly called her a “Black barefooted African from the third world” in front of her teammates.

Marion community protests racist incident at high school

By Keaton Yates, Staff Reporter
April 26, 2021
Attorney Ben Crump spoke with the family of George Floyd at a news conference held after the verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Minneapolis. (Carlos Gonzalez/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

Floyd family says push for policing change cannot end after verdict

By Jessie, Van Berkel Star Tribune, Tribune Content Agency
April 20, 2021
Derek Chauvin found guilty on all counts in death of George Floyd

Derek Chauvin found guilty on all counts in death of George Floyd

By News Desk, News Desk
April 20, 2021
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker takes questions from the media on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 at the School of Mass Communication and Media Arts at SIU.

125 Illinois National Guard members activated, protests expected to continue in Chicago

By Keaton Yates, Staff Reporter
April 20, 2021
Attorney Eric Nelson and his client, Derek Chauvin. (Court Tv/Pool/TNS)

Derek Chauvin tells court he will not testify in his murder trial

By Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, Tribune Content Agency
April 15, 2021
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump arrives with family members of George Floyd at the Hennepin County Government Center as the trial continues for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on March 30, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Security is heightened in the city in an effort to prevent a repeat of the violence that occurred in Minneapolis and major cities around the world following Floyds death on May 25, 2020. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/TNS)

Derek Chauvin had ‘heartless’ look as George Floyd pleaded for his life, teen who shot viral video testifies

By Paul Walsh, Chao Xiong and Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune, Tribune Content Agency
March 30, 2021
Protestors march on East College St. through downtown back to the Carbondale Pavilion on Saturday, March 13, 2021 in Carbondale Ill.

A year later, southern Illinois remembers Breonna Taylor

By Keaton Yates, Jamilah Lewis, George Wiebe, Staff Reporter
March 13, 2021
The March on Washington event was organizes by So. ILL. Unity Coalition and three other local organizations. Protesters, lead by Nancy Maxwell, made their way through downtown Carbondale, IL. The March on Washington was a nationwide event to commemorate the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.s March on Washington where he delivered his famous I Have A Dream speech. This event took place on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020.

Carbondale activists reflect on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

By Kallie Cox, Editor-in-Chief
January 18, 2021
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