Articles filed under Politics
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Constable: 50 years after Kent State shootings, 4 dead, a nation changedMay 01, 2020 1:00 am - As one of thousands of Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War and President Richard Nixon's decision to expand the bloody campaign into Cambodia 50 ye...
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'Reopen Illinois' demonstration held in ChicagoMay 01, 2020 1:00 am - Anger and frustration were palpable Friday in the Loop as hundreds of people gathered in the Thompson Center plaza to rally against restrictions that have left scores of...
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Keeping it clean: Illinois' chance to improve our environmentApr 30, 2020 11:00 pm - Good news is as precious as gold these days, so with Earth Day just behind us, we want to report this positive piece of information: air pollution levels have plummeted ...
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Slusher: How many coronavirus deaths would you deem to be unacceptable?Apr 30, 2020 5:30 am - I am alone in my kitchen, trying to load glasses from the evening meal in the open dishwasher and choking back sobs. My wife sits under amber light at the dining table ...
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Today's Americans and yesteryear's AmericansApr 30, 2020 1:00 am - Dr. Victor Davis Hanson is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, a military historian and a professor emeritus of classics at California Stat...
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Justin Amash can't win - he can only help Trump get reelectedApr 30, 2020 1:00 am - President Donald Trump is everything our Founders feared. He routinely misleads or outright lies to the American people, he puts his own interests ahead of the nation, h...
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Of mice and a worldwide pandemicApr 29, 2020 1:00 am - As the government of an extremely small nation/house, our first mistake was ignoring the experts. For days, our two cats, Maggie and Jack, had spent their evenings in th...
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Image of cultural 'virus' is built on stereotypes, untruthsApr 29, 2020 1:00 am - I read with interest the Thursday, April 23, column headlined "A virus before the virus" and written by Armstrong Williams in the Opinion Section of the Daily Herald. Wi...
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Foster to join House committee overseeing coronavirus reliefApr 29, 2020 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Bill Foster of Naperville has been named to the House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis. On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of California, and ...
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Palatine Township might set up committee to review official online postsApr 28, 2020 5:30 am - Palatine Township board members are considering a policy for official government posts on social media and elsewhere online that could require a committee to review cont...