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Posted inPolitics

Op-Ed: Paper Ban at Cook County Jail Restricts Access to Letters, Books and Learning Material

by Midwest Books to Prisoners August 3, 2023August 3, 2023
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Op-Ed: South Shore Residents Ask ‘What About Us?’ A CBA is the City’s Chance to Deliver for Them

by Brandon Patterson July 17, 2023July 17, 2023
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Op-ed: Sheriff Dart and Sun-Times Board are Wrong to Advocate for Ending Essential Movement of the Electronically Monitored

by James Kilgore and Emmett Sanders June 27, 2023June 27, 2023
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Op-Ed: Legal Attacks on Torture Commission Don’t Add Up

by David M. Shapiro April 6, 2023April 6, 2023
Chicago Teachers Union Rally. Wikipedia Commons
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Op-Ed: Paul Vallas Failed to Pay Public Pensions

by Fred Klonsky April 3, 2023April 3, 2023
Chuy García. Illustration by Ellen Hao
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Op-Ed: Chuy García Isn’t Running as a Progressive This Mayoral Bid

by Ricardo Gamboa February 27, 2023March 1, 2023
Photo by Sarah Jane Rhee
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Op-ed: Anti-Black and Anti-Immigrant Racism Reinforce One Another. Solidarity Is the Only Way We Win

by Benji Hart January 26, 2023January 27, 2023
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Op-ed: Referendum Results Show Chicago Wants Treatment, not Trauma

by Asha Ransby-Sporn November 30, 2022November 30, 2022
Posted inHousing

Op-Ed: What’s Wrong With Chicago’s Building Code

by Robin Bartram June 30, 2022June 30, 2022
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Op-Ed: The Sun-Times Misleads on Kaegi

by Curtis Black May 6, 2022May 11, 2022

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