West Side resident Bonni McKeown says Chicago’s world-famous blues music can be a powerful cultural symbol to encourage appreciation of African-American culture. The city would greatly benefit from a blues revival, she says.
Opinion
Austin students need more options for school
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Longtime resident Dwayne Truss hopes CPS CEO Janice Jackson will ensure West Side students get the same opportunities for IB, STEM and other programs more commonly found in other parts of the city.
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Commissioner Boykin bids farewell
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Brandon Johnson will begin representing the 1st District on the Cook County Board of Commissioners Dec. 3.
Opinion
Stubborn politicians have gotten too comfortable
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Columnist John W. Fountain III urges long-time elected officials to step aside and allow the next generation of leaders to tackle the hard work of improving life on the West Side.
Opinion
Storefront barbershops also fail growing black boys
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Columnist John W. Fountain III longs for the time when barbershops were the mecca of black men conversation. “This was the only place where we could have real talk.”
Laquan McDonald
What about the other Laquans?
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Columnist John W. Fountain III urges us not to forget about Kalief Browder, Sandra Bland, Philando Castile, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Eric Garner. The conviction on Friday of Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke in the shooting death of teen Laquan McDonald is no cause for celebration, Fountain writes.
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No unified black agenda signals no black mayor for Chicago
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Columnist John W. Fountain III predicts the next mayor of Chicago will not be African American, though there are several black candidates seeking to replace Rahm Emanuel.
Opinion
Protect your children from abduction
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State Rep. La Shawn urges West Side residents to take steps to keep their children safe from abduction more than 10 years after teenager Yasmin Acree disappeared.
Opinion
To decrease Chicago’s violence, we can’t be Trump-free
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State Rep. La Shawn Ford says the city of Chicago has to work with the Trump administration. The Austin lawmaker appeared on Fox and Friends last week to discuss why he thinks Mayor Rahm Emanuel and other Democrats should put politics aside and collaborate with the Republican president.
Opinion
The battle between the forced migrant and illegal immigrant
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As headlines about migrant children being separated from their families at the border continue to dominate the news, one truth remains evident: We are still numb to the plight of black lives, writes commentator John W. Fountain III.
Opinion
We need to remove the stigma of seeking help
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The deaths this past week of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain underscore the challenge each of us face in preventing suicide. A report just released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 54 percent of Americans who died by suicide in 2016 had no known mental health illness.