Opinion Columns
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Low wage payers set a low bar for wage earnersMay 30, 2016 1:00 am - I'm a Chicago home care worker, and I just stormed the headquarters of one of our country's largest employers: McDonald's. Why should I care about McDonald's? While I m...
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Minimum wage increase is barrier to entering the workforceMay 30, 2016 1:00 am - Last week, McDonald's corporate headquarters in Oak Brook was inundated with protesters bused in by the Service Employees International Union, which is in the midst of a...
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Minimum wage increase is barrier to entering the workforceMay 30, 2016 1:00 am - Last week, McDonald's corporate headquarters in Oak Brook was inundated with protesters bused in by the Service Employees International Union, which is in the midst of a...
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The Syrian fire will continue to burnMay 29, 2016 1:00 am - By Michael Gerson Want a good measure of how degraded the presidential foreign policy debate has become? Over the last four years, America has largely been a bystande...
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Public vetting of candidates? In many cases, don't count on itMay 27, 2016 11:00 pm - Ever wonder how our local school boards operate when filling a vacancy by appointment, something often necessitated by a midterm resignation. Wouldn't you think, given t...
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Is it true what Democrats say about Republicans and voting?May 27, 2016 1:00 am - As New York Republicans went to the polls for their primary April 19, some opponents of Donald Trump clung to the hope that Ted Cruz, or perhaps John Kasich, might deny ...
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Slusher: Candy, meat and the art of making newsMay 26, 2016 1:00 am - There is making the news and then there is making the news. The two aren't always the same. Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor made news last week when he withdrew ...
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The last ballot, or the last vote?May 25, 2016 1:00 am - Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is defiant. While the Kentucky Democratic primary results were being counted, Sanders wasn't there. He was in Carson, California, addressing ...
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State must stop diverting school funding to ChicagoMay 25, 2016 1:00 am - The City of Big Shoulders needs to carry its own weight when it comes to education funding. We need reform. The state legislature cannot continue the way they always h...
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Bathroom bigotry, then and nowMay 25, 2016 1:00 am - She was Japanese, a temp sent over by some naive agency to fill a spot in the files department. Back then, before computers, an enormous room was devoted to files. This ...