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Anti-nuclear activists Gregory Boertje-Obed, Sister Megan Rice and Michael Walli in Knoxville, Tenn., in 2013.

Court Throws Out Nun's Sabotage Conviction For Nuclear Site Break-In

Sister Megan Rice's case gained attention after supporters said the 85-year-old nuclear activist was being held in unfair conditions.

Robert Lee Johnson in his old neighborhood in Compton. Johnson remembers moving in one day in 1961. "I see moving vans, trucks and everything all down the street," he says. Johnson was 5 years old at the time, so he says he thought "it was moving day for everybody." And he noticed that all the other families moving in were were Black, too.

Black Americans And The Racist Architecture Of Homeownership

Owning a home is a part of the American dream. It's also the key to building intergenerational wealth. But Black Americans continue to face discrimination in housing, including through higher costs.

People taking part in a demonstration in support of migrants called the 'Solidarity Day' gather at the Keleti railway station in Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday.

Merkel Says Allowing Migrants Into Germany 'Right Thing To Do'

The chancellor's remarks came even as her deputy warned that the country was reaching the limits of how many refugees it could absorb.

Anne Watts and Boister: Music from Madness

Artists can find inspiration in the unlikeliest places. Musician Anne Watts, of the band Boister, has been influenced by the time she spent volunteering in a mental institution — and by the odd things kids say.

Dr Ellen Ferguson was a strong voice for women's suffrage in Bloomington in the 1870s.

McHistory: Multitalented suffrage leader promoted women’s health and the vote

Ellen Ferguson was a champion of women and women's suffrage. She made Bloomington-Normal her home in the 1870s.

Naomi Satoh, left, is working on an illustrated novel based on first-person and familial testimonies from survivors of the atomic bombings over Nagasaki and Hiroshima in August 1945. She studied with Matt Caplan, right, professor of physics at Illinois State University.

Twelve Thousand Bombs: Peace is a process we have to earn

On the heels of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to Japanese anti-nuclear advocacy group Nihon Hidankyō, Naomi Satoh returns to discuss her in-progress illustrated novel based on personal and familial oral histories gathered from survivors of the 1945 bombings over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

WGLT’s Sound Ideas - Wednesday, 6/2/21

Republicans in Congress like Darin LaHood don't like the Biden administration definition of infrastructure. They don't think it should include public housing, healthcare related or energy projects. A central Illinois lawmaker says he could back a trillion dollar bill, but not the two trillion proposal from Democrats. Plus, McLean County's sheriff recounts his three decade career. Jon Sandage says he won't run for a third term. And if you thought tales of Dickensian privation were just from big cities of the Victorian era, listen to the next episode of McHistory. The McLean County Poor farm was a horror show.

'Everybody Enjoys' Linsey Alexander's Shows

Linsey Alexander's second album for Chicago’s Delmark Records is only his fourth as a solo artist. WGLT's Jon Norton spoke with Alexander via phone at his…

EDC Certifying Rivian Performance

The head of the Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council said Rivian Automotive has earned its property tax abatement for the year.EDC CEO Kyle Ham…

Bloomington Record Store Finds Live Music Niche

John Anderson has filled a record store niche in the Twin Cities with an eclectic mix of genres at Reverberation Vinyl, his store on Main Street across…

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