Naperville Opinion
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We all make America amazingJun 30, 2018 1:00 am - I am a half-Mexican, half-European woman who is a reproductive health care provider for Planned Parenthood of Illinois. My mother was not born in America and was brought...
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Immigration debate needs truthful data, not fear mongeringJun 27, 2018 1:00 am - If a person has the strength and resilience to travel over 1,000 miles while carrying their children with them, that is the kind of person I certainly want in my communi...
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Students' message: Get out the voteJun 22, 2018 1:00 am - On June 16 in Naperville, Marjory Stoneman Douglas students offered a concise message of REV, an acronym for Register, Educate and Vote. I believe the last step, Vote, w...
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Support efforts to assure vaccinationJun 18, 2018 1:00 am - One and a half million children die each year from diseases that could have been prevented by a vaccine. Shockingly, one in five children in the world lack access to the...
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Ten cheers for Title XJun 16, 2018 1:00 am - When Donald Trump first talked about making changes to Title X, the national family planning program that provides affordable birth control and reproductive health care ...
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A bipartisan success storyJun 15, 2018 1:00 am - Congressman Peter Roskam was ranked 25th out of 435 House representatives in the recent Lugar Center/Georgetown University nonpartisan ranking of the most bipartisan mem...
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Students need to have inclusive curriculumJun 15, 2018 1:00 am - "You can't be what you can't see" writes Marian Wright Edelman. As I reflect on this quote that we use in equity trainings with schools across the state, I think about m...
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City's 'humane' puppy law doesn't go far enoughJun 13, 2018 1:00 am - "Disheartened" is the nicest word I can say about Naperville's June 5 council meeting dealing with an animal welfare ordinance. Three things came to mind while listening...
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Representative won't stand up to governorJun 09, 2018 1:00 am - State Rep. Grant Wehrli likes to blame Speaker Madigan for all the state's woes. His favorite saying is "what Madigan is best at …" Well, what Wehrli is best at is being...
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Opening the door to corruptionJun 09, 2018 1:00 am - Is anyone else feeling the angst and terror like I am that accompanies the reign of Donald the Terrible? I have never experienced such total disregard and abuse of power...