Illinois State University hosted its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Dinner at 6 p.m. in the Brown Ballroom. The dinner included a speech by civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill.
The funk pioneer was celebrated in speeches by Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis, Motown songwriter Janie Bradford and civil rights lawyer Ben Crump
A few days before Christmas, a jury in Washington state cleared three Tacoma police officers of criminal charges in the death of Manuel “Manny” Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man who died in police custody in 2020 after pleading that he could not breathe. The next day, on Dec. 22, a jury in Colorado convicted two paramedics of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died in police custody in 2019 after officers subdued him and medics injected him wit
The UW Board of Regents is on the hunt for a new Chancellor for UW-La Crosse, while ousted Joe Gow is considering legal options following his termination for staring and