{"id":851,"date":"2023-12-11T01:15:16","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T01:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/?page_id=851"},"modified":"2026-02-17T21:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:13:47","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"851\" class=\"elementor elementor-851\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8b6509 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8b6509\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9405a88 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9405a88\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ff1a45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0ff1a45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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normal; font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indiana-bands-60s.blogspot.com\/2014\/09\/decembers-children-muncie.html\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><u>December&#8217;s Children &#8211; Muncie<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"background-color: #fefdc6; outline: 0px; color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/miracletownsel.wordpress.com\/2019\/12\/10\/punks-not-dead-muncies-underground-arts-community\/\"><u>Punk&#8217;s Not Dead: Muncie&#8217;s Underground Arts Community<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuvo.net\/music\/musicians-recall-mentors-influence\/article_7f28765e-ebf5-5114-8234-3dd672261695.html\"><u>Musicians recall mentor&#8217;s influence<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/musicweird.blogspot.com\/2019\/06\/gerald-chapman-two-songs-for-killer-1926.html\"><u>Gerald Chapman: Two songs for a killer (1926)<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/keithroysdon.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/25\/blizzard-of-78-memories\/\"><u>Blizzard of &#8217;78 memories<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/tedshideler.com\/2023\/07\/09\/memories-of-muncies-ski-hi-after-it-closed\/\"><u>Ski-Hi memories from after Muncie&#8217;s last drive-in closed<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d2e2cb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d2e2cb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div 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background-color: #fefdc6;\" href=\"https:\/\/cardinalscholar.bsu.edu\/items\/eb3074bb-3fbb-45ed-a610-620887eef013\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">A Content Analysis of the Editorial Opinion of the Muncie Star, 1935-1944<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: #fefdc6;\" href=\"https:\/\/cardinalscholar.bsu.edu\/items\/7f8984bb-a71d-4216-a6fd-429e013e68a7\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">George R. Dale, Crusader For Free Speech and Free Press<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: #fefdc6;\" href=\"https:\/\/cardinalscholar.bsu.edu\/items\/4912acee-948f-40b5-ab61-76d92af6618f\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">The Legal Problems of a Liberal in Middletown During the 1920&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: #fefdc6;\" href=\"https:\/\/cardinalscholar.bsu.edu\/items\/aae8794e-de83-4121-8db0-f42a979a4e8f\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Courtland Madison Asher, Editor and Publisher of the X-Ray: Seditionist, Extremist, or Patriot?<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: #fefdc6;\" href=\"https:\/\/cardinalscholar.bsu.edu\/items\/591df3dc-6f6d-402a-be20-a50c24301da3\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Politics in Middletown: A Reconsideration of Municipal Government and Community Power in Muncie, Indiana, 1925-1935<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cardinalscholar.bsu.edu\/items\/7fe13df9-e0da-4dc2-85f8-01f102a55fc7\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">The Development of Federated Fundraising in Muncie, Indiana, 1925-1957<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/cardinalscholar.bsu.edu\/items\/e317f58f-4c87-44a4-b290-e506614bf428\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Profile in Progress: A History of Local 287, UAW-CIO<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2025959 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2025959\" 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6e29d9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Robert Cunningham (1928-2005)<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3274079 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3274079\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117135508044-18-639x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2506\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117135508044-18-639x1024.png 639w, 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href=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/18\/man-of-the-hour-how-bob-cunningham-fought-muncies-political-duopoly\/\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Man of the Hour: How Bob Cunningham Fought Muncie&#8217;s Political Duopoly&#8221; by Daisy Dale\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/li><li><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/city-elections\/\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">City Elections Project<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/li><li><h4><a style=\"font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: #fefdc6; color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/archivessearch.bsu.edu\/repositories\/5\/resources\/871#:~:text=The%20Robert%20Cunningham%20papers%20consists,ranging%20from%20circa%201890%2D2005.\">BSU Personal Papers<\/a><\/h4><\/li><li><h4><a style=\"font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: #fefdc6;\" href=\"https:\/\/dmr.bsu.edu\/digital\/collection\/CnghmRobt\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">BSU DMR<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29c1b2e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"29c1b2e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-556c529 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"556c529\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-287916e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"287916e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LGBTQ+ Stories Archive<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-275987f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"275987f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Municipal Stories Archive<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23479ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"23479ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><i>The Constitutionalist<\/i> Newspapers 1870-1876<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-078dfcc elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"078dfcc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-882edfa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"882edfa\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5af54c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5af54c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><u>Robert Cunningham (1928-2005)<\/u><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1120b01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1120b01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/robert-g-cunningham\/\">Bio page<\/a><\/span><\/h4><\/li><li><h4><span style=\"color: #339966;\">&#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/18\/man-of-the-hour-how-bob-cunningham-fought-muncies-political-duopoly\/\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Man of the Hour: How Bob Cunningham Fought Muncie&#8217;s Political Duopoly&#8221; by Daisy Dale\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/li><li><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/city-elections\/\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">City Elections Project<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/li><li><h4><a style=\"font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: #fefdc6; color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/archivessearch.bsu.edu\/repositories\/5\/resources\/871#:~:text=The%20Robert%20Cunningham%20papers%20consists,ranging%20from%20circa%201890%2D2005.\">BSU Personal Papers<\/a><\/h4><\/li><li><h4><a style=\"font-size: 1.25rem; font-style: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: #fefdc6;\" href=\"https:\/\/dmr.bsu.edu\/digital\/collection\/CnghmRobt\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">BSU DMR<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36c5717 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36c5717\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13b3378 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"13b3378\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117135508044-18-639x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2506\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240117135508044-18-639x1024.png 639w, 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elementor-element-00f8a24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"00f8a24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Blog Collection:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d7e9aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d7e9aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indiana-bands-60s.blogspot.com\/2014\/09\/decembers-children-muncie.html\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><u>December&#8217;s Children &#8211; Muncie<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span 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400;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/keithroysdon.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/25\/blizzard-of-78-memories\/\"><u>Blizzard of &#8217;78 memories<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/tedshideler.com\/2023\/07\/09\/memories-of-muncies-ski-hi-after-it-closed\/\"><u>Ski-Hi memories from after Muncie&#8217;s last drive-in closed<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25898e7 e-con-full elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"25898e7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea6b3ac elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ea6b3ac\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dcfe1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7dcfe1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6acc34 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a6acc34\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b27a812 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b27a812\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0368f22 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Vacated<\/u><\/a><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><u><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/18\/man-of-the-hour-how-bob-cunningham-fought-muncies-political-duopoly\/\">Man of the Hour: How Bob Cunningham Fought Muncie&#8217;s Political Duopoly<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><u><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/09\/council-delays-appointments-passes-amendments-on-firehouse-resolution\/\">Council Delays Appointments, Amends Firehouse Resolution<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><u style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/09\/council-votes-jerry-dishman-as-new-president\/\">Council Votes Jerry Dishman as New President<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><u style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: var(--text-align);\"><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/19\/bike-lane-proposal-is-a-no-go\/\">Bike Lane Proposal Is A No Go<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><u><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/12\/six-council-members-sworn-in\/\">Six Council Members Sworn In<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><u><a style=\"color: #339966;\" href=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/12\/put-in-perspective-that-time-muncie-republicans-wanted-to-privatize-the-fire-department\/\">Put In Perspective: That Time Muncie Republicans Wanted to Privatize the Fire Department<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a434d35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"a434d35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"queerarchive\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4022e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d4022e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LGBTQ+ Stories Archive:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c24a251 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c24a251\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\n \t<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/the-municipal-reform-of-harvey-milk\/\"<span style=\"color: #339966;\"><u>The Municipal Reform of Harvey Milk<\/u><\/u><\/a><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/05\/answers-to-trans-healthcare-are-universal\/\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><u>Trans Healthcare Impacts All Healthcare<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #339966; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #339966; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/01\/trans-rights-as-class-struggle\/\">Trans Rights As Class Struggle<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/02\/muncie-queer-alliance-gets-off-ground-calls-for-leadership-changes-in-outreach\/\"><span style=\"color: #339966; text-decoration: underline;\">Muncie Queer Alliance Gets Off Ground, Calls for Leadership<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #339966; text-decoration: underline;\"> Changes in Outreach<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/munciepostdemocrat.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/16\/kennedy-library-holding-event-on-anti-trans-house-bills\/\"><span style=\"color: #339966; text-decoration: underline;\">Kennedy Library Holding Event on Anti-Trans House Bills<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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