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The founder of a not-for-profit that teaches kids about computer programming says he thinks it's important for African American kids to go to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

The banks of the Illinois River are just about the only place in the world you can spot a decurrent false aster growing in its natural habitat.

The process of colonialism dispossessed African farmers and converted them into either landless workers, unpaid labor tenants or the rural unemployed, writes Vijay Prashad. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research In March, United Nations Secretary-General António Gu

The televised Jan. 6 hearings will not restore democracy or halt the rise of the far right. They are a desperate ploy by a doomed political class. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost.com The Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, whose first of six televised hearing

The maker of Butterfinger, Crunch, Tic Tacs and other candies has announced a second major expansion in Bloomington in less than a year. Ferrero plans to add 200 jobs as part of a $214 million expansion.

Gov. JB Pritzker says a new gun control measure that a bipartisan group of U.S. senators has agreed to is a good start in response to recent mass shootings, but he wants to see more done.

Becky White says she was a nine-year employee, working at the college as an adjunct professor and tutor.

The national March for Our Lives movement came to downtown Bloomington on Saturday as about 75 gun control advocates chanted "protect kids, not guns."

The GrayZone has revealed leaked emails that show the British government's involvement with private actors plotting to take down GrayZone and asking who is behind Consortium News, writes Joe Lauria. Nina Jancowicz, Then-Head of Disinformation Governance Board, Called CN 'Useful Idiots' By J

A Bloomington teen faces 2 1/2 years in a state prison for juveniles for bringing a loaded gun to Bloomington High School last fall.