The administration’s research funding and DEI cuts present a threat to public institutions like Southern Illinois University, the economic backbone of the conservative rural region it serves.

The Trump administration has sought to deport Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil for leading the pro-Palestinian ...

“This is definitely one of those baby-in-the-bathwater moments,” said Cecilia Orphan, an associate professor ... SIU throughout Cook County, home to Chicago; near St. Louis, and in high ...