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Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) speak after the Democratic Presidential Debate at Texas Southern University's Health and PE Center on Sept. 12, 2019 in Houston, Texas.

Opinion- Kamala Harris: The truth behind identity politics

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
November 30, 2020
Nancy Maxwell, the grassroots director of the So. Illinois Unity Coalition, leads the way during the Vienna Rally for Racial Justice. The rally was met with a number of counter-protesters and onlookers. The event took place because of the recent Vienna high school Snapchat group called,

If not us then who?-Activists fight against police brutality

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
November 13, 2020
Emerald Avril rallies the protesters on September 25, 2020, in Carbondale, ILL.

Opinion: ‘The Most Disrespected Person in America is the Black Woman’

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
October 2, 2020
A man puts both hands in the air as he joins in with protestors' chants of 'hands up don't shoot!' on Monday, Jun. 1, 2020 in Springfield, IL.

Gallery: Hundreds of protestors march in downtown Springfield in response to the death of George Floyd

By Jared Treece, Photographer
June 1, 2020
Photo of the Day: Black sun, black ink

Photo of the Day: Black sun, black ink

August 19, 2017
Tony Castaneda, bass guitar-player of the Los Angeles-based metal band Kyng, performs Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, during Moonstock music festival at Walker’s Bluff Winery in Carterville. (William Cooley| @Wcooley1980)

Gallery: Moonstock rocks southern Illinois on opening night

August 19, 2017
Lauren Wilson, a sophomore from Chicago studying psychology, left, Patrice Phillips, a senior from Fort Wayne, Ind., studying psychology, and Diamond Flournoy, a junior from Bolingbrook studying social work, take a selfie at the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs induction reception Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, in the Student Center. Phillips, the registered student organization's founding president, said many historically African-American colleges have chapters, and this is the first RSO of its kind at SIU. (Branda Mitchell | @branda_mitchell)

Historic black women’s organization establishes SIU chapter

By Diamond Jones
December 11, 2016
Column: S.C. jury shows the failure of our justice system

Column: S.C. jury shows the failure of our justice system

By James Ragland | The Dallas Morning News
December 7, 2016
Kent Mason, 71, sprays the hair of Mary Harvey, 89, of Metropolis, at his Carbondale barber shop, Arnette's, on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2016. (Anna Spoerre | @annaspoerre)

Carbondale barber shop carries its community (PHOTOS)

By Anna Spoerre
November 16, 2016
Boxing gloves left at the makeshift memorial at the Muhammed Ali Center in downtown Louisville, Ky., on Friday, June 10, 2016. Ali, a three-time world heavyweight champion, died June 3, 2016, at 74. (Charles Bertram/Lexington Herald-Leader/TNS)

Opinion: Educating students on civic engagement

By Yohuru Williams | Tribune News Service
October 23, 2016
Protesters chant

Letter to the Editor: Killing of African-Americans by police is an American epidemic

By Freddy Navarro
October 15, 2016
Marchers chant and carry signs in Sanford, Fla., during a Black Lives Matter march and rally on Sunday, July 17, 2016. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

SIU community explores #BlackLivesMatter: ‘All lives matter is used to mute black lives matter’

By Tyra Wooten
September 28, 2016
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