Columns
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Feder: Daily Herald to launch weeklies in Northbrook, GlenviewJun 05, 2020 1:00 am - At a time when news organizations everywhere are dealing with drastic cutbacks, the Daily Herald Media Group is about to introduce two new weekly publications, Robert Fe...
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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...