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The Legend of A-N-N-A: Revisiting an American Town Where Black People Weren't Welcome After Dark

Published: January 18, 2022

Most people I met in Anna, Illinois, wish the racist lore behind the city’s name would go away. So why hasn’t it?

Jury sides with Illinois inmate whose under-treated diabetes ended in leg amputation

Published: December 11, 2021

A decade after Illinois Department of Corrections inmate Anthony Rodesky began developing the blisters that would eventually lead to a below-the-knee leg amputation, a federal jury in Peoria on Friday awarded him $400,000, finding the state violated the Americans with Disabilities Act in its treatment of Rodesky’s type 1 diabetes.

Source: wglt.org

Jury sides with Ill. inmate whose under-treated diabetes and wound in solitary confinement ended in leg amputation

Published: December 8, 2021

A decade after Illinois Department of Corrections inmate Anthony Rodesky began developing the blisters that would eventually lead to a below-the-knee leg amputation, a federal jury in Peoria on Friday awarded him $400,000, finding the state violated the Americans with Disabilities Act in its treatment of Rodesky’s type 1 diabetes.

Source: nprillinois.org