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AJR fans at Denver's Ball Arena perform the wave on June 20, 2024.

How one pop band is trying to turn concertgoers into climate activists

The multi-platinum-selling indie pop band is using research to inspire fans to take immediate action against climate change.

There's a long history of accusations of outside players influencing student protests

The refrain of malign outside influence has been common from school and government authorities during this wave of pro-Palestinian protests. This concept of hijacked activism has a long history.

National Guard members provide security ahead of July 4th festivities on July 03, 2026, in Washington, DC.

Minnesota is pulling troops early from D.C., as pressure grows on Michigan

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is pulling his National Guard early from Washington, D.C. as the chorus against Democratic governors sending troops to the city amid President Trump's ongoing deployment grows louder.

Democrats grapple with Trump's push to limit transparency within the executive branch

President Trump is pushing the boundaries of executive power to limit transparency within the executive branch. Congressional Democrats are grappling with how to respond.

Ames Library at Illinois Wesleyan University.

Enrollment Exodus: How Private Colleges and Universities Are Meeting Enrollment Challenges

Illinois colleges and universities have been under pressure for years from smaller graduating classes, out-of-state competition and changing...

Pekin Mayor Mary Burress talks into a microphone in the main studio at the WCBU newsroom.

Q&A: Pekin Mayor Burress says city council needs to work through its ongoing personality conflicts

Pekin's city council remains divided over apparent personal differences, evidenced by a recent split vote on naming police chief John Dossey as the full-time city manager. In her latest quarterly interview with WCBU, Mayor Mary Burress discusses her desire to move the city forward.

Lawmakers work the floor of the Illinois House.

Nursing home industry unlikely to see much help from Springfield in tough budget year

An older man in a dark suit and red tie walks outside a glass building, with a slight smile. The background shows city structures and another person in a suit walking behind him, perhaps discussing the latest in the Madigan trial or murmuring about political favors.

Wiretaps and secretly recorded videos show Madigan recruiting business to his law firm

For the second time in the span of seven months, then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan called up Chicago Ald. Danny Solis after reading about a proposed real estate development in the alderman’s ward.

New Mexico's Espanola Valley is characterized by historic buildings such as the Santuario de Chimayo, which dates back to the early 1800s -- and by an entrenched heroin-abuse problem.

Lessons from New Mexico's War on Heroin

The successes and limits of America's drug war play out in New Mexico's Espanola Valley, an epicenter of heroin abuse. Despite a crackdown by law enforcement, the region continues to have the nation's highest per capita overdose death rate.

Chonkasaurus the snapping turtle rests on a pile of rusty chains along the Chicago River.

Opinion: Progress can be a turtle

NPR's Scott Simon considers Chicago's newest star, a snapping turtle nicknamed Chonkasaurus.

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