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Don’t Get Duped or Implicated: Kelly Richmond Pope on Navigating the Fraud Boom
Illinois-based forensic accountant Kelly Richmond Pope writes about why people commit fraud and how we can better protect ourselves.
Dialogue
Each week Dialogue features interviews people across the region along with in-depth stories from the IPM News team about education, health, politics, arts, and more as it relates to local Black communities. Dialogue airs Saturdays at 11 am and Tuesdays at 6 pm on Illinois Soul FM 101.1 and streams live at illinoissoul.org and can be heard Wednesdays at 8 pm on WILL-AM 580.
He traveled for justice and found tragedy: unpacking the death of Antonio Mays in Seattle’s CHOP
Discover the truth behind a utopian protest turned deadly with a new podcast investigating the 2020 unsolved murder of a Black teenager in Seattle's autonomous zone.
Highs and Lows: Black student expulsion rates in Illinois schools
Schools in Illinois discipline Black students at much higher rates than their white peers. We looked into why.
‘We’re not speaking up loud enough’: Three teens share candid thoughts about youth gun violence in central Illinois
In the first half of this year, gun violence has taken the lives of four teens in Champaign. Several more have been injured. And many of the suspects are also teenagers.
Should descendants of enslaved Black Americans receive reparations? An Illinois commission wants your opinions.
The African Descent Reparations Commission is inviting you to take part in a state survey on reparations for Black communities that have faced harm and injustice.
Champaign, Danville and Urbana to mark Juneteenth by celebrating Black freedom and families
Champaign and Urbana's Juneteenth celebrations start on June 13. Danville will have events closer to June 19.
Illinois Soul’s Juneteenth 2026 concert will be a homecoming for husband-and-wife singers Raphael and Whitney
Hometown favorites Raphael and Whitney are the featured performers at the Illinois Soul Juneteenth Concert at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on June 18, 2026.
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts upcoming season celebrates community
The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts has announced its 2026-2027 season.
Get a sneak peak of the new Obama Presidential Center, then listen his 2004 interview with WILL-radio
IPM's Reginald Hardwick leads you on a tour of the grounds of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. Then we listen to then-State Sen. Obama on WILL-AM.
Illinois Public Media and Illinois Soul says farewell to Kimberly Schofield
After four years at Illinois Public Media, Kimberly Schofield is leaving the air but she's not going far.
