Articles filed under Politics
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How making bail determines your experience with our justice systemFeb 20, 2022 12:00 am - I was 19 years old when a car turned left in front of me without looking and I plowed into it. First responders placed me on a stretcher and loaded me into an ambulance....
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Can I ever fully be African American?Feb 20, 2022 12:00 am - The Daily Herald asked me at the beginning of February, Black History Month, to share some thoughts about being a Black woman in America. Over these last few weeks of co...
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Editorial: George Washington and the cancel cultureFeb 19, 2022 1:00 pm - In recent years, we've witnessed a reassessment of many of America's icons. Rightly, we think, the nation has questioned the veneration of Robert E. Lee and many Confede...
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Was Capitol riot 'legitimate political discourse'? Suburban GOP congressional candidates dividedFeb 19, 2022 12:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the number of Republican candidates in the 11th District at the time of publication. Of the more than 20 Repub...
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Editorial: If lawmakers want to offer more than slogans on property tax control, they can start with grants to local communitiesFeb 18, 2022 12:00 am - A group representing Illinois' mayors stepped to the podium Wednesday to plead again for the state to restore some of the Local Government Distributive Funds they've bee...
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Why experts should embrace humility after their inflation miscalculationFeb 18, 2022 12:00 am - As the greatest inflation spike of the last 50 years occurs, the utter failure of economists, their models and many pundits to foresee what was coming is worth highlight...
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Biden goes to Ohio, and other irrelevanciesFeb 18, 2022 12:00 am - The headlines about the polls are right, of course. President Joe Biden's approval rating is in the toilet, right down there with presidents who stumble into wars, hosta...
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Biden's perfect pick for the court may be right at handFeb 17, 2022 12:00 am - The first Black woman on the Supreme Court is justice delayed, and President Joe Biden - and the nominee - has the historical burden of presenting the perfect pick to th...
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Durham bottom line: Big Media was snookeredFeb 17, 2022 12:00 am - "Court Filing Started a Furor in Right-Wing Outlets, but Their Narrative Is Off Track," read The New York Times headline for a story about special counsel John Durham's ...
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Federal judge declines to toss charges against Madigan's inner circleFeb 17, 2022 12:00 am - A federal judge on Thursday declined to toss federal charges against four members of ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan's inner circle, rejecting arguments in a key ruling...