Opinion Stories from June 4, 2020
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How long until we have a healing change of heart on raceJun 4, 2020 1:00 AM - Guest Rev. Nathaniel Edmond: Lord, how long? George Floyd, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with both his hands securely cuffed behind his back, is murdered by four police officers when one applied life-threatening pressures to his neck and back for more than eight minutes, and others prevent anyone from intervening on Floyd's behalf.
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Editorial: It's OK not to be OK -- you're not alone. Here are some ways to cope with the times we're in.
Jun 4, 2020 1:00 AM - If you're suffering symptoms of stress and anxiety, you're not alone, a Daily Herald editorial says. -
Racism is systemic, not just individual, flawJun 4, 2020 1:00 AM - A Bartlett letter to the editor: The editorial "After so many police outrages, Floyd killing a further indictment of attitudes on race" published on May 30 sidesteps the role of systemic racism in recent protests and the murder of George Floyd.
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Missing the momentJun 4, 2020 1:00 AM - A Carol Stream letter to the editor: America, we are missing the moment. We are in a global pandemic. We are in an economic downturn that is far reaching, and we are in an ongoing failure to address racial inequality and injustices.
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What do we do to turn our anger into love?Jun 4, 2020 1:00 AM - An Arlington Heights letter to the editor: Let me begin by saying that I don't know what it is like to be black in America. I don't know what it would be like to automatically become a suspect by so many policing authorities simply because of the color of my skin.
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Nation on noticeJun 4, 2020 1:00 AM - A Mundelein letter to the editor: It appears America has been put on notice. Even if the government acts swiftly and correctly, "street justice" will have to be dealt with.
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Trump's above the Twitter law
Jun 4, 2020 1:00 AM - Columnist Debra J. Saunders: In January 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump bragged that his supporters were so loyal that he "could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters." -
Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoon
Jun 4, 2020 1:00 AM - Today's Daily Herald Opinion page editorial cartoon
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