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A Mississippi clinic security officer (right) attempts to keep anti-abortion activist Doug Lane (left) from a physical confrontation with sign carrying abortion rights supporters. The clinic will close after the state law banning abortions take effect Thursday. (Rogelio V. Solis | Associated Press)

NIU community: Overturn of Roe v. Wade is a step backward

By Elisa Reamer and Joey Trella | July 6, 2022
NIU Professors and students speak out about how the overturn of Roe v. Wade affects people with uteruses going forward.
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson smiles during a meeting with Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., in his office at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Brown Jackson, more than just the high court’s first Black woman nominee

By Joey Trella, Marketing Team Coordinator | March 31, 2022
Kentaji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman to be nominated for the Supreme Court. Her hearing concluded March 24.