The Post Amerikan began publication in 1972 in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. An underground, alternative newspaper, it was run collectively by volunteers and funded by subscriptions, ads sales, and community fundraisers. The paper was published from 1972 to 2004, making its 32 years the longest continuous publication run for any underground newspaper in America.
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Volume 9, Number 5
Post Amerikan
"I Just Visited the New Mall!", Ill Prisons, Student Ghettos, Prenatal Care, Local Culture
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Volume 9, Number 6
Post Amerikan
Justice for All? Can Balance Be Achieved?, Organic Farming, Religious Right, Lead Poisoning, Minor Parties
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Volume 9, Number 9
Post Amerikan
Free at Last? Who Are the Real Hostages?, Abortion, Liberation, Insulation, Sell-ebration
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Volume 10, Number 2
Post Amerikan
Pentagon's Waste, Exxon's Wealth, Gay News, Sad News, Buses, Busts, Cable TV
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Volume 10, Number 5
Post Amerikan
The Tyranny of Testing, Teen Sex, PATCO, Nukes, Teevee, Rightwingers
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Volume 10, Number 7
Post Amerikan
Apartheid in South Africa, Fake Speed, Xian [Christian] Smut, Minority Ed, Plastic Goo
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Volume 10, Number 9
Post Amerikan
Paving the West Side, Hospitals, Plastic, Lobsters, Weapons, Flags, Phone Books
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Volume 11, Number 6
Post Amerikan
Movie Trivia Quiz, Cops Quack Down, Our Millionth Subscriber, Plastification Award, Book Review, Ronnie the Rat, GI Joe, Gay Diseases, Briggs Lawsuit, Texas & Philly Gay Laws, Falwell, South Africa, Revolution in the Streets, Phony Heroin, Draft, Naturopathy, Birth, My Sister the Punk Rocker, Drastic Plastic, Robin Plan, Miscellaneous Outrages, Culture Fest
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Volume 11, Number 7
Post Amerikan
My Sister the Punk Rocker, Reagan Hides from Protest, Don't Burn Those Leaves, Unemployment Rises, Did Vidette Kowtow to Pressure?, Non-Driver Resents ID Hassles, City Man Confronted by MEG, White Rich Kids Score High on SATs, Council Tables Freeze Resolution, Reviews: One in Seven, Escape from the 80s, Straight Press Discovers Gays, Chicago Women Picket Bulls, Upstaging the New Right, Addictions and Health, Prisoners Sue System Officials, Cutting Down the Bible