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  Letters: My gratitude to a Chicago Public Schools teacher as she enters retirement

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  Chicago Public School educators are rarely if ever just teachers. This reality is especially true for educators in underresourced communities. Visit a school in North Lawndale and ask a teacher to describe their work — you’ll likely hear a sweeping anecdote about public service rather than a …

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  Anand Sandesara: As he retires from pediatrics, I’m proud to have shared my dad with his community

  Chicago Tribune - Anand Sandesara

  After 37 years in practice, my father ushered in a well-deserved retirement this spring, finally closing the doors of his pediatric practice on the Near West Side. It marked the end of an era not only for our family in a season of change, but for the thousands of children and generations of …

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  Steve Chapman: The Supreme Court has abandoned religious neutrality

  Chicago Tribune - Steve Chapman

  The First Amendment reflects a principled but shrewd attitude toward religion, which can be summarized: Government should keep its big fat nose out of matters of faith. The current Supreme Court, however, is not in full agreement with that proposition. It is in half agreement — and half is not …

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  A Tribune reporter’s great-grandfather was poisoned in Chicago in 1935. She set out to learn if it was an accident, or murder

  Chicago Tribune - Tracy Swartz

  My great-grandfather, Irving, followed in his older brother’s footsteps when he emigrated from Poland to Chicago a century ago. This was a crucial move for the brothers because three of their siblings who stayed behind in Europe later died in the Holocaust. But Irving would meet his own untimely …

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  Vintage Tribune: Fond memories of when back porches were a Chicago child’s playground

  Chicago Tribune - Ron Grossman

  My only childhood memory of coming or going via our apartment’s front door was on the day of my bar mitzvah. Wearing my first suit, I was flanked by my parents and kid brother as we went to synagogue. There might have been other occasions, such as going to a family gathering. But our closest …

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  Editorial: On Independence Day weekend, the Supreme Court must still command respect

  Chicago Tribune - The Editorial Board

  Lori Lightfoot has reminded us that she is not the first Chicago mayor to use profanity. Rahm Emanuel was known for his mouth, and Richard M. Daley also had a fine command of expletives, albeit usually confined to behind closed doors. Still, it’s hard to imagine either of those predecessors, let …