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The University of Illinois at Chicago's John Marshall Law School in January 2018.

Column: Yes, there is a case for using offensive words in classrooms — in certain situations

May 18, 2021 at 12:39 p.m.

Should white professors be allowed to use the N-word in class, especially when it is an essential element of the lesson that is being taught? That question caused an uproar...

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., arrives for a House Republican caucus candidate forum to replace outgoing conference chair, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., at the Capitol on May 13, 2021, in Washington.

Column: Liz Cheney pays a heavy price for telling the truth — but is she just the first?

May 14, 2021 at 2:21 p.m.

Sometimes the sacred halls of Congress sound like the raucous corridors of an unruly grade school. On the same day that House Republicans used a secret vote to purge Rep....

The Hampton History Museum has created "The 1619 Arrival," an exhibit that tells the stories of the first Africans who landed at Point Comfort in 1619.

Column: Who’s afraid of critical race theory? Those who don’t know what it is.

May 11, 2021 at 2:28 p.m.

Amid rising attacks against a line of academic debate called "critical race theory," I was surprised to see a Black state lawmaker from Chicago's West Side, La Shawn Ford, introduce...

Kenneth Frazier, chairman and chief executive of Merck & Co., speaks at a conference in New York in 2018. Frazier is co-founder of an initiative that seeks to train and promote a million black Americans over the next 10 years.

Column: A GED for college? Not as far-fetched as it sounds

May 7, 2021 at 1:32 p.m.

When I saw the Wall Street Journal headline, "Some CEOs suggest dropping degree requirements in hiring," I was impressed. At last, I thought, the business establishment is starting to see...

A memorial near where Anthony Alvarez was fatally shot during a foot pursuit by Chicago police in the Portage Park neighborhood on April 28, 2021.

Column: If Chicago is in hot pursuit of a better police chase policy, why is it moving so slowly?

May 4, 2021 at 2:06 p.m.

If Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's recent call for a new police foot-pursuit policy made you feel a twinge of what Yogi Berra is said to have called "deja vu all...

Protesters march up Ashland Avenue from Union Park on June 5, 2020. Many were calling for the Chicago Police Department to be defunded.

Column: Are we a ‘racist nation’? Who’s asking?

April 30, 2021 at 1:53 p.m.

Some questions can best be answered with another question. Consider, for example, the question that popped up with prominence as President Joe Biden finished his first 100 days last week:...

A person walks through the rain March 23, 2021, near the border of the 5th Ward in Evanston. The day before, aldermen approved the first expenditures in the city's municipal reparations program designed to compensate Black residents for codified discrimination.

Column: The complicated road to slavery reparations — and the need for an apology

April 27, 2021 at 2:36 p.m.

When "The Daily Show" host Trevor Noah opened his nightly monologue with "Let's talk about slavery" a couple of years ago, he immediately followed with alarm, "No, white people, come...

Ohio State University students gather April 21, 2021, on High Street in Columbus, Ohio, to protest the police shooting that killed Ma'Khia Bryant and call on the university to cut its ties with Columbus police.

Column: Trying to keep hope alive after the Derek Chauvin verdict

April 23, 2021 at 2:20 p.m.

It's easy to be optimistic if you keep your expectations low. That's why, after Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer with a long history of use-of-force complaints, was convicted...

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

Column: The polls are in: Vaccine hesitancy higher among white Republicans than any other group

April 20, 2021 at 4:53 p.m.

As a form of identity politics, the coronavirus pandemic works in unusual, yet painfully familiar ways. For example, the widely reported divide between Blacks and whites in willingness to be...

Elizabeth Arguelles arranges flowers at a makeshift memorial near the site where Adam Toledo was shot by police in the Little Village neighborhood on April 15, 2021.

Column: In less than a second, a 13-year-old’s life is ended and a police officer must live with it

April 16, 2021 at 2:32 p.m.

Heartbreaking. That description is undeniable in the otherwise controversial shooting death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by Chicago police. Adam Toledo The most obvious headline for the story of the video's...

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