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“The idea is we want our students to leave having some capstone experience as it relates to diversity and inclusion,” Chancellor Austin Lane said. “Our environments are pretty diverse, but they may go out into one more diverse.”
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Audio and summary Illinois bill would override local law to allow homeless living in all public parks – Wirepoints
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If this bill passes, say goodbye to local control over all Illinois parks and expect to see open drug and alcohol use, needles, no sanitation and fire hazards, but no ordinary park users.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago Fiscal Crisis Worse Than Pre-Bankruptcy Detroit, HIV Surge and Public Health Threat From Open Borders Goes Unreported
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Summary and audio linked here.
Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Chicago pension buyout plan mostly shifts debt rather than eliminating it, property tax surge doubles inflation over three decades
April 3, 2026
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Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times falsely blame Texas Gov. Abbott for 2020 to 2024 surge in Chicago Latino HIV, AIDS infections – Wirepoints Quickpoint
March 31, 2026
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
3rd worlders bringing 3rd world solutions? Nooo….
Well there may be some sub-story behind recruiting efforts for this program, esp. if SIU is enrollment challenged in general.
But the bigger point is that such programs create race-focused individuals, who, with this tunnel vision on the world when role-seeking, get D&I jobs which ultimately force more race-based outcomes on society. As someone commented elsewhere, MLK Jr. would say he wasted his time.
Africana Studies brings a human dimension to any major. Gender studies and Latinx are good majors too.
Great. More ill educated people with degrees not worth the paper on which they are printed.
“Different strokes for different folks” applies here. “What floats your boat?”
The article misses the significant drop in enrollment at Carbondale over the years. And there is little reason to think that it will stop. Likely there is no one reason for the decline, but SIU, never a highly competitive school to begin with, must find ways to stay relevant and a good value to middle class students. The Africana studies program makes for a nice news story, but does little to address the significant challenges facing SIU and frankly, all public universities in Ilinois.