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Profile | Thursday, April 25,2013

Keeping it real

Mbanna Kantako is still on the air

By Bruce Rushton
Mbanna Kantako is on a roll.From his rental house just off North Grand Avenue in Enos Park, the 54-year-old blind man talks about the advent of spring and the need to till the soil. He speaks of pollu
Food - Julianne Glatz | Wednesday, November 21,2012

Thanksgivings past spur thoughts on race, present and future

By Julianne Glatz
“Mrs. Obama … do you realize that when your husband becomes the next president of the United States, it will be historical?” “Why yes, I understand that. What does that mean t
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Thursday, April 5,2012

Faith, hope and statuary

Today’s heroic public memorials trivialize heroism

By James Krohe Jr.
The vandalism being perpetrated in Washington, D.C., it turns out, is not confined to the nation’s finances. Perhaps you read of the House subcommittee that met in March to hear arguments agains
| Thursday, August 25,2011

2011 Fall Calendar

ONGOINGArtist on the PlazaThrough Sep 15, 12-1pm, Tuesday and Thursday outdoor instrumental, vocal, dance or musical theater performance. Old State Capitol, 1 Old State Capitol Plaza. 753-3519.John Sc
Film - Chuck Koplinski | Thursday, August 18,2011

The Help gets help from good acting

By Chuck Koplinski
If nothing else, Tate Taylor’s film adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s bestseller The Help is full of good intentions. The director is intent on displaying the injustice of racism in the Dee
History | Thursday, June 16,2011

Rebirth of a rivertown

Signs of life in Cairo

By Patrick Yeagle
Walking down the main business street in Cairo, Ill., it’s tempting to think that this spring’s floodwaters of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers were sent to put the languishing town out of
Guest Opinion | Thursday, June 9,2011

White America’s responsibility for race unity

By Kenley Wade
This is a shortened version of Kenley Wade’s keynote address delivered June 5 at the annual Race Unity Rally at the State Capitol rotunda.The Emancipation Proclamation ended the slavery of Afric
Guest Opinion | Thursday, May 19,2011

Race unity still a work in progress

By Mike Lang
Like other members of the Baha’i faith living in the United States, my heart was deeply touched 20 years ago when the U.S. Baha’i council issued its historic call-to-action entitled “
IT Picks | Thursday, April 7,2011

Pride and prejudices

By Anita Stienstra
Six performances are slated for UIS Theatre Program’s rendition of Rebecca Gilman’s play, Spinning Into Butter. Directed by UIS Associate Professor of Theatre Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson, the
Politics | Thursday, March 31,2011

Who will bring Springfield together?

Leading a community means more than balancing the budget

By Patrick Yeagle
Every day, the rusty steel rails of the 10th Street railroad tracks carry trainload after trainload of coal, manufactured items and raw materials through Springfield. But those tracks carry more than