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Melissa Harris-Perry: Inequality, Democracy and the American Promise

Nationally renowned author and political commentator Melissa V. Harris-Perry will deliver the 2012 Bazzani Lecture on Public Affairs on Monday, February 27 at 4:30pm. Harris-Perry is the author of Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America. The lecture will be held on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus at the Student Services Building.  Click here to RSVP.

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Photo of Richard DyeJan. 11, 2012 _ Illinois' debt rating has taken another hit from a major credit-rating service. IGPA economist Richard F. Dye (left) examines the ramifcations of the latest setback for the state's fiscal health.

Jan. 3, 2012 _ The University of Illinois Flash Index increased to 99.1 in December, a new post-recession high. The results are the highest reading since November 2008, when the index declined to 100, the dividing line between economic expansion and contraction. The results ended the year on a positive note, reflecting the slow but steady recovery that occurred in 2011.

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