Opinion
Austin resident defends community
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Joe English raises questions about the way the Chicago Tribune portrays the West Side. What do you think?
Opinion
A history merely repeating itself
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The Trayvon Martin case doesn’t surprise, but it wounds, writes commentator John W. Fountain III.
Opinion
Have you forgotten whom you serve?
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West Side resident asks tough questions of elected officials.
Opinion
A call for black representation
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Austin resident, parent and teacher Brandon Johnson says that despite community objections to school closings, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett have made up their minds.
Opinion
Addressing the “elephant in the room” before the May 22nd vote on school closings
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A West Side resident and former teacher questions officials’ agenda and warns African-American students could fall even further behind.
Opinion
The lost voices of children
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The needs of the world’s youngest citizens must be taken into account if the world is to be a safer, better place, writes Rasheena Fountain.
Opinion
Proposed school closings have former teacher frightened
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In a letter to AustinTalks, a former educator said the anticipated shuttering of 54 schools is much worse than before.
Opinion
Local man offers alternative plan for four Austin schools targered for closure
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In response to the CPS plan to shutter 54 schools, a West Side resident created a substitute proposal.
Opinion
Alderman responds to residents worried about North Avenue business
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Deborah Graham of the 29th Ward offers her reasons for supporting a pawn shop many on the the West Side oppose.
Opinion
All that glitters is not gold: Why we need a charter moratorium
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A Chicago Teachers Union organizer urges that more support be given instead to traditional schools.