Columns
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Feder: Independent media outlets launch joint fundraiserMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - At a time when reliable local news has never been more important, many Chicago area publications and websites are fighting for survival amid drastic declines in revenue,...
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We must protect our elections against coronavirusMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - By Mike Quigley and Nita M. Lowey Guest columnists If you had asked us a year ago to identify threats to the 2020 election, we would have said Russian interference and s...
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O'Donnell: 'Secret Sox' - Sunday's 'Last Dance' episodes have it allMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - WITH ITS END NIGHT of May 17 approaching, ESPN's "The Last Dance" finally goes full throttle Sunday night. In Episodes 7 and 8, the Michael Jordan imaging venture uses s...
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Constable: Mother's Day brunches give way to COVID-19 loneliness, confusionMay 07, 2020 5:00 am - I've written dozens of Mother's Day columns during my newspaper career. This will be my first Mother's Day without my mom. Lois Constable died in November at age 92. I r...
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Where is everyone going?May 07, 2020 1:00 am - I live in Los Angeles County, where new coronavirus cases are showing up as fast as anywhere in the country. We're on lockdown. We were the first state to be told to sta...
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Rozner: Dave Otto remembers role in Jordan's baseball careerMay 07, 2020 1:00 am - Dave Otto has an absurd knack for finding the camera. It's not just that he's 6-foot-7, though that doesn't hurt. It's that he always seems to make his way onto the tele...
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Feder: WGN America planning to launch 'News Nation' Sept. 1May 07, 2020 1:00 am - A Monday-through-Friday anchor team has been hired, studios are under construction, and a September 1 target date has been announced for the launch of "News Nation," the...
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Feder: WBEZ's Jenn White named host of NPR syndicated talk show '1A'May 07, 2020 1:00 am - Jenn White, who's been a prominent program host at Chicago Public Media news/talk WBEZ 91.5-FM since 2016, is about to go national, Robert Feder writes. White and the st...
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Global health security - a call for Taiwan's inclusionMay 07, 2020 1:00 am - In the 17 years since it was hit hard by the global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS, Taiwan has been in a state of constant readiness to the threat...
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Bears release 2020 schedule, but it's anyone's guess if it will be playedMay 07, 2020 12:00 am - Most folks give the NFL credit for doing all it can to keep its fans involved, entertained and quite frankly distracted while we battle through the country's ongoing nat...