A longtime Austin pastor says Chicago’s Independent Police Review Authority should be disbanded immediately.
Austin
Elected official calls for reinvention of West Side school
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State Rep. La Shawn Ford says in the interest of justice, fairness and equity, Frederick Douglass Academy High School can and should be transformed.
Opinion
Austin congressman: U.S. House must investigate the president
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Rep. Danny K. Davis says the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee should begin a probe of Donald Trump’s business interests and his job as the country’s leader.
Austin
Austin pastor calls on Trump to visit Chicago
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Rev. Ira Acree wants the president to come to the West Side and provide the resources and support needed to make all neighborhoods safe and prosperous.
Donald Trump
Donald Trump, the big lie and doublethink
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Longtime Austin resident Dwayne Truss warns his fellow citizens to not be confused or misled by the new president.
Opinion
Some West Side teens have not explored much beyond their ‘hood
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Al Raby High School student Kenneth Gordon shares his thoughts on visiting Downtown Chicago for the first time.
Opinion
Congress must take action now on gun legislation, says local leader
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Austin Congressman Danny K. Davis shares his thoughts about the recent events in Minnesota, Louisiana and Texas.
Opinion
This ain’t magic
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One longtime Austin resident celebrates the fact that five young men in his family have graduated from college and extols others to not let their children succumb to the bigotry of low expectations.
Alan Taylor
Building bridges between Chicago’s West Side and Oak Park
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The senior minister of Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation urges residents living on both sides of Austin Boulevard to come together.
Austin
Time for a new Austin high school
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A community meeting to discuss the consolidation of Austin Polytechnical, Austin Business and Entrepreneurship and VOISE Academy will be held Jan. 13.
Opinion
I will keep their names on my lips
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Columnist John W. Fountain III says he – and we – must continue to fight racial injustice.