Articles filed under Politics
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Images: Through the Film Magnifier: Isiah Thomas, bagpippers, Willowbrook Ballroom and moreJun 15, 2020 4:00 am - See vintage Daily Herald photo of Isiah Thomas, Bobby Knight, father and son bagpipers, Willowbrook Ballroom and more in our latest Through the Film Magnifer gallery. ...
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Looking for truths, comfort in 'the gospel of this moment'Jun 15, 2020 1:00 am - I retired from the classroom two months before the pandemic hit. Just in time to avoid the overnight shift to teaching online but not the sense of being trapped in the p...
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The new religion of woke anti-racismJun 14, 2020 1:00 am - It's all about religion, isn't it? "(W)e have the cult of social justice on the left," Andrew Sullivan wrote in New York Magazine, "a religion whose followers show the s...
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The president doubles down on dividing the countryJun 14, 2020 1:00 am - America is being rocked by passionate protests reflecting all the pent-up anger of those who have been the victims of racism since the day they were born: the guys who a...
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Amazon, Facebook and Google turn to deep network of political allies to fight antitrust probesJun 13, 2020 6:15 am - David Espinoza appeared unhappy when Arizona joined scores of states investigating Google last year. The Phoenix-based owner of a shoe-and-leather store wrote in a local...
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Taking a risk for convention cheersJun 12, 2020 1:00 am - Modern conventions don't decide anything. On occasion, there are votes that matter - not on the roll call for president but on the seating of all-white delegations, or t...
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Community colleges - setting a post-pandemic path forwardJun 12, 2020 1:00 am - Community colleges in the Chicago area and across the state will be essential to the country's post-pandemic economic recovery. Reflective of and responsive to the commu...
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Stories that demand a personal touchJun 10, 2020 11:00 pm - The potential for any person with a personal computer and an ax to grind to become a publisher today has done much to degrade the quality of news reporting and story tel...
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The 'Defund the Police' dilemmaJun 10, 2020 11:00 pm - What seemed like a crazy slogan on the far left - "Defund the Police" - is threatening to become a reality in some cities around the country. On Sunday the president of ...
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Religious freedom organization sues state over abortion mandate for insurersJun 10, 2020 1:00 am - The Thomas More Society is suing the state to challenge a law requiring all health insurance policies sold in Illinois to provide coverage for elective chemical and surg...