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A Comic Novel That Tests the Limits of Black Upward Mobility

Du Bois · Du Bois

A Comic Novel That Tests the Limits of Black Upward Mobility

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

GREAT BLACK HOPE, by Rob Franklin The sentences in Rob Franklin’s strong debut novel, “Great Black Hope,” have a curious way of expanding to fit ever more jokes. One character wears “an oversize blazer she’d ‘borrowed’ from her boss — and indeed looked a bit like a mom, or a mum, as she called it, though more of the Paltrow-brownstone variety, minder of a bespectacled toddler named Timbre.” Another “had celebrity teeth, meaning fake, too big and…Read Article

Fit for a queen

Nashville, IL · Nashville

Fit for a queen

Sentinel Photo/TODD MARVERNATIONAL ANTHEM — NCHS choir students Maddie Zelasko, Jordyn Guinzy, Ella Maschhoff, Chloe Maschhoff and Addison Browne sang the national anthem. Sentinel Photo/TODD MARVERMISS WASHINGTON COUNTY — Maci Wolf, of Addieville, was crowned Miss Washington County Fair Queen at the pageant. Sentinel Photo/TODD MARVERJR. MISS — Maylen Kramper, of Okawville, was crowned Jr. Miss Washington County Fair Queen at the pageant. Senti…Read Article

Schmale started as new D49 principal last week

Nashville, IL · Nashville

Schmale started as new D49 principal last week

Sentinel Photo/TODD MARVERNEW PRINCIPAL — New Nashville District 49 Principal Travis Schmale sits at his desk in his office on July 3. NASHVILLE — New Nashville School District 49 Principal Travis Schmale’s first official day on the job was July 1. Schmale said he knew the position was coming open and he follows the school district, so he knew from living in the community it was going to come open soon. He said he saw the job posting when it was…Read Article

Okawville resident reports issues at mobile home park

OKAWVILLE — A resident at Washington Springs Mobile Home Park in Okawville has reportedly experienced difficulties since ownership of the park changed hands earlier this year. According to Washington County News archives, the park changed ownership earlier this year when Brentwood MH Park OC purchased the property from Four Peaks Income Fund LLC. Shelby Ratermann said she has been a resident of Okawville for almost six years and she and her husb…Okawville · Okawville Read Article

EB and WB I-64 near Richview Closed Due to Rollover Crash

UPDATE 11:41 a.m. ISP says I-64 in both directions reopened just before 11 a.m. Tuesday. UPDATE 9:07 a.m. WASHINGTON COUNTY – Illinois State Police say a semi hauling a trailer overturned just after 5 Tuesday morning on eastbound I-64 near milepost 62 near Richview. The eastbound and westbound lanes are currently closed and traffic is being diverted onto IL-50. No further information is available at this time. ORIGINAL STORY WASHINGTON COUNTY …Richview · Richview Read Article

BITS & BYTES: Kyle Marshall at PS21; Yiddish Book Center presents Yidstock 2025; Gaby Moreno at The Clark; Alex Harvey and Shinbone Alley at Arrowhead; Ryan Hollander and Allan Bezame at The Carle; James B. Haile at MASS MoCA; Patrick Donnelly and Lisken

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

PS21 presents New York choreographer Kyle Marshall’s ‘Femenine,’ a celebration of life, the divine feminine, queerness, and composer Julius Eastman Chatham, N.Y.— On July 11th and 12th at 8 p.m., PS21 presents New York choreographer Kyle Marshall’s “Femenine,” a celebration of life, the divine feminine, queerness, and composer Julius Eastman with live music by BlackBox Ensemble. The evening-long dance piece is set to composer Julius Eastman’s ju…Du Bois · Du Bois Read Article

Michael Levien, Michael Burawoy, NLR 153, May–June 2025

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Intellectual reconstruction of the work of Michael Burawoy, from globe-spanning analysis of production regimes—post-colonial, advanced capitalist, state socialist—to theoretical dialogues with Polanyi, Bourdieu and Du Bois.Du Bois · Du Bois Read Article

FOIA requests reveal info on drug unit situation

WASHINGTON COUNTY — The Washington County Board plans to vote on an intergovernmental agreement for the Washington County Sheriff’s Office drug interdiction unit with Monroe County Sheriff’s Department at its July 8 meeting. The drug interdiction unit had operated from late 2023 through February 2025, with an agreement signed by the sheriffs of the counties. It hasn’t been in operation since February. Correspondence from late February was obtain…Washington County, Illinois · Washington County Read Article

Pan-African Progressive Front opens headquarters in Accra

The Pan-African Progressive Front (PPF) has chalked up a significant milestone with the official inauguration of its headquarters in Accra, marking what the organisers describe as a turning point in the ongoing struggle for African unity and self-determination. The historic launch on Monday, June 30, 2025 drew a strong presence of dignitaries, activists, intellectuals and cultural figures to celebrate a movement grounded in the legacy of Pan-Afr…Inauguration · Du Bois Read Article

WW10 Board members publicly declare president votes

WASHINGTON COUNTY — The West Washington County Community Unit School District 10 Board members publicly stated their votes for board president June 26, after the newspaper alleged an Open Meetings Act violation occurred when board members cast their president votes by “secret ballot” at the board’s April 24 meeting. At the June 26 meeting, four board members voted for Drew Hesker — Kyle Klingenberg, Kristen Turner, Stephanie Bergmann and Tracey …Washington County, Illinois · Washington County Read Article

This Was the Place to Be in Bournemouth in the 1920s

Coverage: 2 sources

Far from the bustling, often chaotic scenes of today, the Bournemouth of the '20s offered a more genteel yet equally vibrant escape.Du Bois · Du Bois See the Story