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SIU School of Journalism and Advertising Director Jan Thompson poses with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the White House Memorial Day Breakfast May 30, 2022 in Washington, D.C.

SIU journalism director attends White House Memorial Day Breakfast

By Ethan Braun, Staff Reporter
May 31, 2022

A Look Back at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Career After Her Historic Supreme Court Confirmation

By Ethan Braun, Staff Reporter
April 20, 2022
YDSA Student Debt Protest

YDSA spreading awareness about their upcoming student debt protest

By Janiyah Gaston, Assistant to Editor
March 16, 2022
Russia is the bad guy, and I’m tired of pretending it isn’t

Russia is the bad guy, and I’m tired of pretending it isn’t

By William Box, News Editor
March 2, 2022
Carmalita Cahill, the Executive Director at the Carbondale Warming Center, poses for a portrait Aug. 15, 2021

The Carbondale Warming Center provides services to Carbondale’s homeless and needy population

By William Box, Staff Reporter
August 19, 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
Rodney Cavitt, of Carbondale, holds a candle and a photo of Xe’Quan Campbell on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, alongside Freeman Street in Carbondale at the Vigil for Xe’Quan Campbell and Keon Cooper.

The Revolving door of gun control

By Oreoluwa Ojewuyi, Staff Reporter
May 12, 2021
Demonstrators hold up a rainbow flag as they march outside of the White House during the Equality March for Unity & Pride parade in Washington D.C., June 11, 2017.

Biden admin reinstates health care protections for trans people, here’s what changed:

By Bailey Aldridge, The News & Observer, Tribune Content Agency
May 10, 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
The Biden administration announces a round of executive actions on gun control

The Biden administration announces a round of executive actions on gun control

By George Wiebe, Staff Reporter
April 19, 2021
President Joe Biden signs an executive order after speaking during an event on his administrations COVID-19 response with Vice President Kamala Harris, left, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (Al Drago/Pool/Abaca Press/TNS)

Biden highlights gender equality, campus sex misconduct rules on International Women’s Day

By Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, Tribune Content Agency
March 8, 2021
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