Dahleen Glanton – Page 14

Column: Celebrating death is long-standing ritual of Chicago’s culture of violence

May 4, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Most Chicagoans will never understand our city's culture of violence. For those who live in neighborhoods far away from the daily killings, the murders that pervade our city are like...

Column: An open letter to the black kids who partied during a pandemic like nobody was watching

April 29, 2020 at 6:36 a.m.

Dear black kids who attended that house party in Chicago last weekend, I am not here to scold you. By now, you've already heard people from around the world admonish...

President Donald Trump listens to a speaker during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus on April 23, 2020.

Column: Donald Trump hasn’t lost his mind. He’s just a lonely man looking for love.

April 27, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

We could be all wrong about Donald Trump. Maybe America isn't in the grips of a madman. There could be a more benign reason for his bizarre and erratic behavior....

Then-mayoral candidate Willie Wilson waits for a mayoral forum to begin at the Renee Crown Public Media Center in 2019.

Column: Willie Wilson can’t seem to get any respect, regardless of his generosity

April 23, 2020 at 9:43 a.m.

Willie Wilson is in the news again. As is often the case, he's at the center of a controversy. No one talks about the African American millionaire and philanthropist in...

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks about the COVID-19 virus during a news conference at the Georgia state Capitol on April 8, 2020, in Atlanta.

Column: A tale of two governors: Fearless Pritzker and Wimpy Kemp

April 22, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

I am a Georgia girl, though I have lived in Chicago for decades. My relatives are there, and so are many of my friends. It is sad to see what...

Talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw speaks Feb. 21, 2020, during a ceremony awarding him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. McGraw says he used bad examples while appearing on Laura Ingraham's show when he compared coronavirus deaths with deaths caused by cigarettes, auto accidents and swimming pools.

Column: What Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz are really saying is coronavirus deaths matter less than the freedoms of the majority

April 20, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz couldn't resist weighing in on the coronavirus crisis. That's not surprising. They are entertainers who thrive on being in the spotlight. Anyone who takes advice...

In a ritual of spring, an American robin is building a nest in a dogwood tree outside the author's window.

Column: A robin’s nest outside my window and the enduring ritual of spring

April 16, 2020 at 11:51 a.m.

Outside my dining room window a robin is building a nest. Every morning, I stand in silence, watching in awe as nature takes its course. She flies in and out...

This screen grab from a video released by Biden For President shows former President Barack Obama endorsing Joe Biden's White House bid through a video message on April 14, 2020.

Column: Obama emerges from the shadows to endorse Biden — and remind us of the leadership now lacking from the White House

April 14, 2020 at 6:31 p.m.

Barack Obama emerged from the political shadows on Tuesday in a role we had not yet seen. He is an elder statesman now, rife with experience and wisdom — and...

Column: Domestic workers are struggling during the pandemic. In another era, my mother would have been among them.

April 13, 2020 at 5:45 a.m.

The coronavirus pandemic is taking a disproportionate toll on some of the most essential people in our lives. The women who clean our homes, pick our children up from school...

Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and former Vice President Joe Biden talk before a Democratic presidential primary debate in Charleston, S.C., on Feb. 25, 2020.

Column: The last thing Donald Trump wants is for Bernie Sanders to endorse Joe Biden. That’s why it needs to happen.

April 9, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

There will be no President Bernie Sanders. The democratic socialist was the last roadblock to a showdown in November between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Americans are anxiously waiting for...

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