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Completing the 2020 census is vital for our schoolsJun 05, 2020 1:00 am - The essential role that schools play in family and community life has never been clearer now that they are closed because of COVID-19. We are reminded daily, in many way...
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Ex-Stevenson and WNBA star Tamika Catchings wants to use Indy tea shop to inspire changeJun 05, 2020 1:00 am - Basketball was what Tamika Catchings did as a kid. And tea is what she drank. Yes, tea. As in not coffee, but tea. "I think that came from my mom," Tamika said of her mo...
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Violent rioting, as in the 1960s, hurts the most disadvantagedJun 05, 2020 1:00 am - "America is burning. But that's how forests grow." So spoke Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. "Riots are an integral part of the country's march towards progr...
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Dann Gire: 10 films to promote understanding during these trying timesJun 04, 2020 11:00 pm - The late Roger Ebert famously referred to the movies as “empathy machines” capable of fostering common understanding between people of different races, religions, politi...
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Elisabeth Moss highlights fabricated film biopic of author 'Shirley' JacksonJun 04, 2020 6:00 am - I usually have no problem with artistic license used when telling stories of real people. But sometimes the journalist part of me butts in and throws a flag on the play ...
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Constable: Reopening leaves confused dogs asking, where are you going?Jun 04, 2020 5:23 am - With Illinois moving into reopening phases, one segment of our population may not be looking forward to all those new freedoms. Most dogs have had a pretty good time dur...
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How long until we have a healing change of heart on raceJun 04, 2020 1:00 am - 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-t...
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Feder: Steve Cushing celebrates 40 years of 'Blues Before Sunrise'Jun 04, 2020 1:00 am - It's been 40 years since Steve Cushing launched "Blues Before Sunrise," the five-hour weekly public-radio showcase for vintage blues, R&B and gospel recordings spanning ...
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Trump's above the Twitter lawJun 04, 2020 1:00 am - 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 would...
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Bears linebacker Trevathan: 'Let's not forget about corona'Jun 04, 2020 12:00 am - While most of us have been focused on the tragic death of George Floyd over the past 10 days, it is easy to forget that it has really had nothing to do with the radical ...