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Pharmacist, Pamela Hughes, begins to prepare syringes with dosages of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday, March 18, 2021.

Jackson County vaccination numbers continue to climb

By Diksha Mittal, Staff Reporter
April 14, 2021
Photo courtesy of John Flack.

The Fight Against Black Maternal Mortality: A Conversation with SIU School of Medicine Chair

By Diksha Mittal, Staff Reporter
March 14, 2021
Evie Allen (center) poses for a photograph with her mother, Clarissa Allen (left), and her aunt, Anita Csaszar (right), Feb. 13, 2021, in Marion, Ill. The three women discussed how, no matter what hairstyle or texture someone has, it should be accepted and embraced because it is not for any one person to dictate what hairstyles are right or wrong. “Whatever I do to my hair, it’s me that I’ve got to please, even though we’ve spent so much time trying to please somebody else,” Clarissa Allen said.

Uncoiling the Black hair struggle

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
March 2, 2021
Speaker Mike Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton listen as Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks about making changes in the state on Monday Jan. 12, 2015 at the Prairie Capital Convention Center in Springfield, Ill.

The end of an era: Speaker of the Illinois House Michael Madigan passes the gavel to Chris Welch

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
January 31, 2021
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 2, 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
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