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  7 hours ago

  Letter: ‘The Park Ridge-Niles District 64 Elementary School referendum is a critically needed investment’

  Chicago Tribune - Pioneer Press

  We have lived in District 64 for over fifty years and like many of you, we lived here for one big reason: the quality education provided to our two kids at Field Elementary and Lincoln Jr. High [schools]. They both received the great educations we expected and went on to great success at Maine …

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  17 hours ago

  Editorial: Remember October 7, 2023

  Chicago Tribune - The Editorial Board

  One year ago today, the world witnessed the biggest massacre of Jewish persons on a single day since the Holocaust. When we wrote about the horrific actions of marauding Hamas terrorists a year ago, calling October 7 “a day destined for multi-generational infamy,” we had not yet seen the shocking …

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  17 hours ago

  Editorial: Brandon Johnson’s reckless Chicago Public Schools maneuvering must be vehemently opposed

  Chicago Tribune - The Editorial Board

  When Chicagoans elected a neophyte as mayor of Chicago, there was trepidation among those who didn’t vote for Brandon Johnson about what the future held. But many among them, this board included, hoped he would grow into the job after a little time in the office and act as if he represented all …

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  17 hours ago

  Jessica Calarco: How wealthy university donors have changed our society for the worse

  Chicago Tribune - Jessica Calarco

  For a university with a $10 billion endowment, a $100 million donation — like the one an unnamed donor recently made to the University of Chicago’s Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression — might seem like a drop in the bucket. Yet, history suggests that such donations should give us pause, …

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  17 hours ago

  Sheldon H. Jacobson and Dr. Janet A. Jokela: Should you be concerned about mpox?

  Chicago Tribune - Sheldon H. Jacobson

  Mpox is spreading across several African countries. The World Health Organization declared mpox a “public health emergency of international concern.” The Democratic Republic of Congo has been hardest hit, though Burundi has also seen a recent surge of cases. To date this year, 36,000 suspected …

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  17 hours ago

  Jens Ludwig: Dominant technology is harming women, and alternatives are starved for resources

  Chicago Tribune - Jens Ludwig

  There is an implicit war underway within the tech world between good and, if not quite “evil,” then at least “not good.” Good is not winning because it’s massively outgunned. Nowhere is this easier to see than in the exploitation and harming of women. Big Tech is making a fortune in ways that are not …