The evolution of African American after a tug of war to define and maintain our identity. Moving from Colored to Negro to Black and African American.
The Lion’s Den: Labels have helped us feed our narratives
Letters: Funding the war machine, Speaker Johnson, is the easy part
“We have always been at war with Eurasia,” — 1984, George Orwell
West Peoria News: Breakout summer in works
Construction begins on new City Hall; public safety top priority on the agenda for Summer 2024
Straight Talk: Whirled around: Mighty, mighty 1290 is just not anymore
Plus parents, guns and responsibility; Kansas City kicker speaks his mind; and sincere condolences to the Elliotts
Labor roundup: Starbucks in Pekin unionizes
Legislators move to make union dues deductible in Illinois; report shows 344 workers died per day in 2022
Crime rates in Peoria and public safety
Many intertwining issues — including inflation and poverty — can contribute to spikes in crime in our community
The Watch: Shoveling in full swing so watch the speed
Peoria County helps move Vets Assistance Commission; Election Commission looking to buy it’s building. League of Women Voters of Greater Peoria observers attend and report on local government meetings.
What’s the dirt on Landfill saga: Stand pat? Build up? Raise the rates?
Peoria County files breach of contract against GFL over construction of much-needed No. 3
What we say: War over there is also over here
Yom HaShoah service to remember Holocaust at Peoria Riverfront Museum reveals reality of how war affects our shores
XAVIER JACKSON: Requiem for America
Our once great republic is in its death throes. Indifference among us in our American Republic is overwhelming it; make a stand this November
PAUL GORDON: Take credit: The Dow is Cat’s Meow
Don’t listen to empty promises or absurd claims, such as Trump claiming the reason the stock markets are setting records is because investors are anticipating his return to the White House. … It’s not the stock prices consumers (meaning voters) watch; rather it’s gas prices and grocery bills and the like
BILL KNIGHT: Exceptional ‘everyman,’ former White Sox skipper ‘Pants’ Rowland is a Peoria legend
Former Distillers manager Rowland, who carved out career in early days of baseball, should be recognized among Peoria ‘Sports Legends’
ARTS ALERTS: Open mic plus Juneteenth Celebration at Contemporary Arts Center; blacksmithing at Wheels O’ Time and more this month
Party at Tres Rojas; Stephen Still tribute at 3300 Event Center; Nitsch Theatre Arts presents “All Shook Up;” “Forbidden Broadway” at Eastlight; Chillicothe Players perform “Shrek Jr.”
U.S. Postal Service stops unpopular change — for now
WCBU: Planned Parenthood in Peoria reopening
Everything in clinic is ‘brand new’ more than year after facility was firebombed
Future investments
Greg and Jodi Peine are quietly making difference by improving children’s education all around the community
Mandar Pattekar: Truth behind the attacks on India’s citizenship act
The Citizenship Amendment Act represents a nuanced attempt to address the humanitarian needs of persecuted minorities while upholding India’s national security interests.
New American painting
KNyame Maison (Nana Ekow) works with West African magic as he reviews world history and cultures from Biblical times to modern Ghana to African American history
Labor roundup: Machinists seeking seat at Boeing’s board table
Illinois improving protections for child labor; companies must disclose employee benefits
Nature Rambles: NoMow this month of May
The movement originated in the U.K. as a method of encouraging people to allow their native meadows to grow to provide habitat for their native species of birds and insects
Heat Waves — In Red & Black: The Titanic, Part 3 — Blast furnace from …
Rally, folks! We may need to muster a ‘New York Navy’ sooner than you think to save ourselves from the inevitable killer heat wave