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Washington on the Brink

1 year 3 months ago
With its city’s future in the balance, the District of Columbia watches and waits on the House.
Gabrielle Gurley

SIUE's Robin Boyce Inducted into National Black Radio Hall of Fame

1 year 3 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE - The National Black Radio Hall of Fame (NBRHOF) announced its Class of 2025 inductees which includes WSIE’s Robin Boyce, pioneer and seasoned radio broadcast journalist and on-air talent. Boyce received the Radio Pioneer Award. The NBRHOF will have its induction ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2025 at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel, 9801 Natural Bridge, St. Louis, Mo., 63134. WSIE is a non-commercial, community-supported, public radio station, located on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, which operates on funding generated by tax-deductible donations, grant awards and underwriting partnerships. “The Sound,” just voted one of the top 3 radio stations in St. Louis by St. Louis Magazine 2021 Reader's Choice Awards, delivers a rich blend of jazz, smooth jazz, blues and easy R&B to St. Louis and the Metro East. To learn more about how you can support WSIE 88.7 “The Sound,” visit wsie.com/support . Southern Illinois

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Like Water

1 year 3 months ago

An international and multigenerational group of artists will take over the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis for Like Water, which considers water from different angles – from fonts of inspirations […]

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Rachel Huffman

Eads at 150

1 year 3 months ago

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the iconic Eads Bridge, Eads Bridge at 150 examines the complexities of its design, its construction, and the role it has played since it opened […]

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Myranda Levins

Durbin, Duckworth, Colleagues To Education Secretary: "We Will Not Stand By As You Attempt To Turn Back The Clock On Education"

1 year 3 months ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Trump administration and Elon Musk attack public education in America by closing offices and laying off 1,300 workers at the Department of Education, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and 35 of their Senate colleagues in a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon expressing outrage at the administration’s reckless and illegal firing of half of the workforce at the U.S. Department of Education, which will devastate America’s public education system and impact students across the country. “At a time of massive income and wealth inequality, when 60 percent of people live paycheck to paycheck, millions of Americans cannot afford higher education, and 40 percent of our nation’s 4th graders and 33 percent of 8th graders read below basic proficiency, it is a national disgrace that the Trump Administration is attempting to illegally abolish

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Bills cracking down on immigration moving slowly in Missouri legislature

1 year 3 months ago
With national attention focused on immigration issues, Missouri legislators have joined in efforts to address the issue at the state level but have seen little progress midway through their annual session. More than a dozen bills have been introduced, but the main activity on immigration has been two executive orders Gov. Mike Kehoe signed when […]
Mary McCue Bell, Hannah Taylor