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Category: Opinion
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Let the people decide
The major parties benefit too much from our rigged system to want reform.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
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.
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Don’t try to tell Black folks that the outrage surrounding Michael Vick isn’t about race
He’s repaid his debt to society, but we all know why people just can’t let his past stay in the past.
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Illinois’s Equitable Restrooms Act is a victory for all
The legislation requires all single-stall restrooms in the state to be designated all-gender.
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The Iowa fiasco and the Democrats’ shadowy plot to stop Bernie
The party is using different tools to achieve the same goal as 2016—sidelining Sanders.