Chicago Pastors Want Gun Control Legislation
By The Associated Press
Some of Chicago's high-profile pastors have turned over a petition to the governor with nearly 50,000 signatures calling for gun control legislation.
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Joseph Kony’s War in Central Africa – in Comics Form
By Carol Hills/The World
Remember the film “Kony 2012?”
The film went viral last year and put Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army in the cross-hairs of millions of outraged citizens.
Well, a year later, Joseph Kony and his remaining believers are still somewhere in Central Africa, literally raping and pillaging as they go.
War correspondent David Axe wants to remind people that Kony is still out there.
Axe has written a graphic novel with illustrator Tim Hamilton, “Army of God: Joseph Kony’s War in Central Africa,” to tell the story of the Lord’s Resistance Army.
The novel demonstrates why the show-and-tell nature of comics journalism works as a medium to talk about Joseph Kony and violence he has wrought.
University of Illinois Fixture Follett’s Closing in May
By The Associated Press
A landmark on the University of Illinois campus will soon close.
Integrated Baseball, A Decade Before Jackie Robinson
By Don Gonyea
In 1947, Jackie Robinson famously broke the color line in baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, ending racial segregation in the major leagues.
Love, Roughhousing and Fifth Position in ‘Brothers Emanuel’
By Rachel Martin
The brothers in the Emanuel family are known for their success and for their chutzpah. The youngest is Ari Emanuel, a high-powered Hollywood agent. The HBO show Entourage actually based a character on Ari, and that character is a bit, well, blunt — threatening, for example, to rip out someone's tongue and serve it to his son's pet lizard.
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Danville’s Laura Lee House Sees Spike in Fundraising
By Jeff Bossert
An afterschool program for youth that’s been in Danville for nearly 70 years has seen in a boost in private donations.
Spreading Faith Within Prison Walls
By Jeff Bossert
In just over two weeks, Illinois’ only maximum-security female correctional center will close its doors. But David Taylor, who volunteers at the Dwight Correctional Center, plans to keep counseling those inmates, and many more.
Police, U of I, Discuss Strategy for ‘Unofficial’
By Jeff Bossert
As University of Illinois students and guests prepare for Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day, local police hope more of them choose to celebrate in a responsible manner.
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UI Building, Food Service Union Files Intent to Strike
By Jeff Bossert
The union representing food and building service workers at the University of Illinois has filed a 14-day intent to strike notice.
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Books and Reading,
Economics
University of Illinois Library Names 13-Millionth Volume
By Jeff Bossert
The first illustrated book from Japan is the 13-millionth volume at the University of Illinois library.
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Books and Reading,
Education