The fights are fake but the folks pulling the strings behind the scenes are real.
Category: Opinion
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Last hired, first fired
After his controversial firing from St. Laurence, Oak Lawn High School football coach Harold Blackmon teaches his son life lessons.
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The false hope of Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrest
If history is any guide, Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime partner is unlikely to pay the price for their crimes.
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Chicago, racism is hurting us all
Together, we can fight racism, rebuild our neighborhoods, and fight for the future of our city.
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Let the people decide
The major parties benefit too much from our rigged system to want reform.
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On being a single dad, a journalist, and a Black south-sider during the pandemic
It involves juggling my kid’s Zoom-call cameos and a new beat, and checking in on my homies.
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Investing in local news is more important than ever
Particularly in communities of color disproportionately affected by coronavirus, access to information is critical.
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Once again, Congress will let Wall Street pillage Main Street
Coronavirus bailouts are helping big donors while leaving small businesses and families behind.
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We don’t have to prove our ‘American-ness’
On rejecting anti-Asian American rhetoric and standing up to hate
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‘I wasn’t sentenced to die’
As COVID-19 spreads through Illinois prisons, inmates and advocates seek clemencies and medical furloughs to save lives.
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How to protect children from more than coronavirus
Child sexual abuse thrives in isolation, but there are steps we can all take to prevent it.
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Profits over people
America’s dangerously inefficient response to COVID-19 is what happens when plutocrats—not politicians—direct public policy.
Posted inArts & Culture
COVID-19 has Chicago theater down, but not out
Here’s a reminder of what the theater community has done in the last five years.
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The new Cold War with China has cost lives against coronavirus
More than any event since the financial crash, the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the rotten foundation of American empire.
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Torture survivors’ silence will not protect the Chicago Police Department
An effort by the Fraternal Order of Police to prosecute survivors for telling their stories is an all-to-common abuse tactic.