Northfield Opinion
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Zorn: The long litany of Foxx falsehoods on SmollettDec 27, 2021 12:00 am - The vast understatement of Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx's admission that she "didn't handle (the Smollett case) well" in an October 2019 interview with Axios ca...
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Editorial: State's Attorney Foxx, our non-prosecuting prosecutorDec 25, 2021 1:00 pm - If you ever sit in on a news conference or interview with Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, she makes a good presentation - professional, unflappable, polished. And...
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Eric Zorn: What's next for actor Jussie Smollett and prosecutor Kim Foxx?Dec 20, 2021 4:30 am - EDITOR'S NOTE: The following items are excerpted from Eric Zorn's “Picayune Sentinel” daily newsletter of Dec. 16. Now what for Jussie Smollett? A Cook County ...
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'I am tired. We are tired': A Letter from a COVID-19 ICU doctorOct 20, 2021 1:00 am - I am tired. We are tired. March 18th, 2020, is a day I will never forget. We opened our first COVID-19 unit and I began admitting patients with suspected COVID pneumonia...
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Editorial: Cook County must maintain its budget discipline in allocating federal relief fundsOct 08, 2021 1:00 am - There is no disputing that much has been done in Cook County government in recent years to improve the management of spending and revenues and to professionalize the ent...
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Editorial: Getting tough on violent crimeJul 15, 2021 1:00 am - (Second in an editorial series) When she ran for reelection last year, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx blamed the pandemic for the rise in the number of cases of v...
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Letter: Here's the reality that young Asian-Americans are facing every dayMay 26, 2021 1:00 am - Last week, President Biden signed off on a bill meant to address the rise in Asian American hate crimes. Here's why that isn't enough. It's a given that hate is becoming...
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Op-ed: Pass TEAACH Act to ensure accurate representation of Asian-Americans in curriculumMay 26, 2021 1:00 am - History is the recognition of past events. It is an ongoing story of human progress, a story interwoven with successes and failures of societies that have come before us...
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Editorial: Become an advocate to raise awareness, help prevent child abuseApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - National Child Abuse Prevention Month ends Friday. The work, however, on behalf of abused and neglected children, doesn't stop. Ever. At noon Thursday at the Kane County...
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Britton: There is more work to be done on gun violence preventionApr 21, 2021 1:00 am - It has been another week filled with heartache as we watched two people of color - one only 13 years old - die at hands of law enforcement. While I continue to believe i...