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Carbondale City Council candidate Ginger Rye Sanders speaks during the Get Out the Vote Rally at the Eurma Hayes Community Center in Carbondale, Ill. April 3, 2021. The rally was held to help raise awareness for the upcoming general election in Carbondale and to encourage people from a low voter turnout area to get to the polls on Tuesday. “We’re encouraging the people to be part of the process,” Sanders said. “Be part of the political process because your vote does matter. We should be involved in what’s going on in Carbondale and we should use the voice that has been given to us through the vote, to vote and to be a part of this democratic process that we have here in Carbondale.”

Diversity, inclusion priority for Harvey and Sanders

By Nicolas Galindo, Managing Editor
April 17, 2021
A voter approaches the Jackson County Court House on Election Day 2020 in Murphysboro, IL, Tuesday, November 3, 2020.

Warnock takes lead in historic Senate race

January 6, 2021
SIU volleyball player Savannah Sheridan (left) and Dan Muller (right) hold hands while walking during the Saluki Unitys Run/Walk event. I think that it is such an important issue thats being faced finally and just showing that we care and that well come together no matter what for something that has to be done, said Sheridan. The event was an opportunity to raise awareness about social injustices and systematic racism on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020 at SIU.

Intersectionality: Learn the meaning behind the increasingly popular term

By Brooke Buerck, Editor
November 19, 2020
Fake News: The infodemic

Fake News: The infodemic

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
October 19, 2020
Hailie Sullivan, left, 8, Lauren Ecker, 13, Kaitlyn Sullivan, 10, pose for a photo with a Trump flag during the Trump Train event in Anna, Ill. on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020. We have a big reason why, Pritzker doesnt want most people to go Trick-O-Treating, he wants all the candy, Hailie said as to why she came out to the event.

Trump train travels through Anna, Ill., draws counter-protesters

By Keaton Yates, Jamilah Lewis, and George Wiebe
October 10, 2020
Rose Weisburd, 55, of Carbondale, IL, waves at passing motorists that honked their car horn in support of Weisburd and a group of about 19 other protesters outside the main post office in Carbondale. The group of protestors gathered in solidarity with a nationwide call for a #SaveThePostOfficeSaturday rally on Saturday, August 22 ,2020. MoveOn, the NAACP, WorkingFamiliesParty, Indivisible and other national organizations announced the nationwide effort to show up at post offices across the country at 11Am on Saturday, August 22, to save the post office from Trump and declare that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy must resign. Angel Chevrestt // @sobrofotos

‘Ben Franklin is watching:’ Protesters hold demonstration to save the United States Postal Service

By Keaton Yates, Staff Reporter
August 22, 2020
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza talks with the Daily Egyptian Editorial Board on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019 inside the Communications building.

Comptroller Susana Mendoza discusses women’s rights in politics with the DE

By Bethany Rentfro, Staff Reporter
March 6, 2020
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Clay Awsumb elected as GPSC president, to begin term in fall

By Emily Cooper and Amelia Blakely, Staff Reporters
April 25, 2018
Then director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) James Comey, testifies before a House Intelligence Committee hearing Monday, March 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)

Comey agrees to testify in public as Trump-Russia probe heats up

By Matthew Schofield and Lesley Clark
May 20, 2017
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GPSC to hold officer elections Tuesday

By Marnie Leonard
April 24, 2017
FBI warns state elections officials about hacking attempts

FBI warns state elections officials about hacking attempts

By Rick Pearson , Erin Cox and Ian Duncan | The Baltimore Sun
August 30, 2016
Madigans Democratic lawyer sues to block redistricting reform referendum

Madigan’s Democratic lawyer sues to block redistricting reform referendum

By Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune
May 12, 2016
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