Chicago TribuneSexual Violence Column: Blind loyalty to the Rev. Michael Pfleger could harm the Black community Chicago Tribune - Dahleen GlantonOne of the Rev. Michael Pfleger’s supporters summed up the sexual abuse allegations against the priest in a way that many might find appropriate. They don’t fit with “what I know about him,” Northwestern...
Chicago TribuneOpinion & Analysis Editorial: What we already knew about last summer’s protests: Utter mayhem Chicago Tribune - The Editorial BoardThere’s no doubt violent, relentless protests following George Floyd’s murder became an immense and fast-moving crisis for Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her police superintendent, David Brown. Police were to...
Chicago TribuneCritical Thinking Letters: Monument removal project denies moral complexity of human beings Chicago TribuneLooking at the list of monuments proposed for removal by the Chicago Monuments Project, one can only despair over the downward trend of critical thinking in our society. While we tend to associate moral...
Chicago TribuneOpinion & Analysis Op-ed: Abolishing the Peace Corps would be a mistake Chicago Tribune - Lara Weber“Why should you, a white woman, go work in Africa?” The question was from an African American newsroom colleague, and it knocked me back. It was the late 1990s, and I had just announced that I was joining...
Chicago TribuneMillennials Letters: Thoughts from a baby boomer on being ‘old’ Chicago TribuneThe op-ed “How to tell if you are irreparably old — and be OK with it” (Feb. 24) struck a chord with me. The writer, a millennial who cannot relate to the younger Gen Z, proclaims, “There is only one left...
